Should Someone Be Treated For Pulmonary Embolism After Back Surgery?
I good friend of mine died from a pulmonary embolism. He had back surgery, encountered some complications about a week later, and was re-admitted to the hospital. The next day he died of a PE. He had been on his back for a few weeks and was overweight.
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February 23rd, 2010 at 2:31 pm
despite the known risk of blood clots after surgery, people aren’t routinely given blood thinners to prevent PE because to do so would increase the risk of surgical bleeding. once the diagnosis of PE was made however, he should have been treated. PE isn’t always easy to diagnose however, and in the absence of any further details I would postulate that no standards of care were violated in your friend’s case.
February 23rd, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Poor guy, he should have ben aware of all complications.
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Throwing a Clot From a Lower Extremity, Is of Concern, With Immobility, Perhaps he Also had a Defect In the Clotting Cascade.
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
A physician cannot treat for a condition like that until it occurs and the diagnosis made.