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Ultrasound is indicated if superficial phlebitis involves or extends into the proximal one-third of the medial thigh, there is evidence for clinical extension of phlebitis, lower extremity swelling is greater than would be expected from a superficial phlebitis alone or diagnosis of superficial thrombophlebitis in question. [11]
Phlebitis (or venitis) is inflammation of a vein, usually in the legs. It most commonly occurs in superficial veins. It most commonly occurs in superficial veins. Phlebitis often occurs in conjunction with thrombosis and is then called thrombophlebitis or superficial thrombophlebitis.
Thrombophlebitis is a phlebitis (inflammation of a vein) related to a thrombus (blood clot). [2] When it occurs repeatedly in different locations, it is known as thrombophlebitis migrans (migratory thrombophlebitis). [3]
Treatment options for PTS include proper leg elevation, compression therapy with elastic stockings, or electrostimulation devices, pharmacotherapy (pentoxifylline), herbal remedies (such as horse chestnut, rutosides), and wound care for leg ulcers. [1] [21] The benefits of compression bandages is unclear. They may be useful to treat edemas. [7]
Pseudothrombophlebitis is a clinical condition where there are signs and symptoms of phlebitis in the absence of a thrombophlebitis lesion. Symptoms include pain, swelling, erythema and tenderness evolving over hours or days.
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, established 1 November 1991 as Airedale NHS Trust, [2] authorised as a foundation trust on 1 June 2010. [3]Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, established 21 December 1990 as Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital and Community Services NHS Trust, [4] changed its name to The Royal Liverpool Children's National Health Service Trust on 15 March 1996, [5 ...
An NHS foundation trust is a semi-autonomous organisational unit within the National Health Service in England.They have a degree of independence from the Department of Health and Social Care (and, until the abolition of SHAs in 2013, their local strategic health authority).
Treatment is aimed at opening the blocked veins to minimize complications; the duration of clot (acute versus chronic) affects treatment. Unless there are underlying reasons why it would be harmful, anticoagulation ( low molecular weight heparin , followed by warfarin ) is often initiated and maintained in patients who do not have cirrhosis.