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Liver Let Die? Approach to Splanchnic Vein Thrombosis & Shock Liver

Liver Let Die? Approach to Splanchnic Vein Thrombosis & Shock Liver

by Kaitlin Endres, Mathieu McKinnon | Jan 18, 2024 | Critical Care, emergency, Featured, Gastroenterology, Grand Round Summaries, Surgery, Thrombosis

When working up your patient, how often do you think of problems related to the hepatic venous system? Have you suppressed those memories of time spent over your cadaver in medical school learning the anatomy? By the end of this, you will all be newly discovered...
A simplified decision rule to rule out deep vein thrombosis using clinical assessment and D-dimer

A simplified decision rule to rule out deep vein thrombosis using clinical assessment and D-dimer

by Hans Rosenberg | Jul 8, 2021 | Journal Club, Thrombosis

Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Xu K, et al. J Thromb Haemost. 2021 Apr 8. doi: 10.1111/jth.15337. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33834620. Question and methods: The authors sought to develop a new, simplified clinical decision rule to exclude DVT using individual...
Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism with d-Dimer Adjusted to Clinical Probability

Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism with d-Dimer Adjusted to Clinical Probability

by Hans Rosenberg | Feb 10, 2020 | Journal Club, landmark, Thrombosis

Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5/5 Kearon C, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 Nov 28;381(22):2125-2134 Question and Methods: the authors sought to demonstrate safety using a d-dimer cut-off of 1000ng/mL for low pre-test probability patients & a cut-off of...
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