http://artificialdiscreplacement.org/uncategorized/should-someone-be-treated-for-pulmonary-embolism-after-back-surgery/02/23/2010/ A resource for disc replacement information Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:52:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://artificialdiscreplacement.org/uncategorized/should-someone-be-treated-for-pulmonary-embolism-after-back-surgery/02/23/2010//comment-page-1#comment-943 Doc8 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:41:40 +0000 http://artificialdiscreplacement.org/uncategorized/should-someone-be-treated-for-pulmonary-embolism-after-back-surgery/02/23/2010/#comment-943 A physician cannot treat for a condition like that until it occurs and the diagnosis made. A physician cannot treat for a condition like that until it occurs and the diagnosis made.

]]> http://artificialdiscreplacement.org/uncategorized/should-someone-be-treated-for-pulmonary-embolism-after-back-surgery/02/23/2010//comment-page-1#comment-942 Anonymous Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:38:33 +0000 http://artificialdiscreplacement.org/uncategorized/should-someone-be-treated-for-pulmonary-embolism-after-back-surgery/02/23/2010/#comment-942 Throwing a Clot From a Lower Extremity, Is of Concern, With Immobility, Perhaps he Also had a Defect In the Clotting Cascade. Throwing a Clot From a Lower Extremity, Is of Concern, With Immobility, Perhaps he Also had a Defect In the Clotting Cascade.

]]> http://artificialdiscreplacement.org/uncategorized/should-someone-be-treated-for-pulmonary-embolism-after-back-surgery/02/23/2010//comment-page-1#comment-941 ag_iitkg Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:31:42 +0000 http://artificialdiscreplacement.org/uncategorized/should-someone-be-treated-for-pulmonary-embolism-after-back-surgery/02/23/2010/#comment-941 Poor guy, he should have ben aware of all complications. Poor guy, he should have ben aware of all complications.

]]> http://artificialdiscreplacement.org/uncategorized/should-someone-be-treated-for-pulmonary-embolism-after-back-surgery/02/23/2010//comment-page-1#comment-940 belfus Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:31:04 +0000 http://artificialdiscreplacement.org/uncategorized/should-someone-be-treated-for-pulmonary-embolism-after-back-surgery/02/23/2010/#comment-940 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. 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.

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