PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence of symptomatic @entity1150 ( @entity1150 ) and its association with symptomatic @entity1151 ( @entity1151 ) in a community teaching hospital. METHODS: The prevalence of symptomatic upper extremity @entity1150 was evaluated retrospectively at a community teaching hospital during the 2-year period between July 1, 1998, and June 30, 2000. @entity1 were identified by International Classification of Disease, ninth revision, clinical modification, discharge codes and a review of the records of all compression Doppler ultrasonograms, venograms of the upper extremities, and magnetic resonance angiograms of the upper extremities. RESULTS: Symptomatic upper extremity @entity1150 was diagnosed in 65 of 44,136 @entity1 of all ages (0.15%) [or 64 of 34,567 adult @entity1 >or= 20 years of age; 0.19%]. In seven @entity1 , the upper extremity @entity1150 was shown by venography to extend proximally to the brachiocephalic vein. Among these, the @entity1150 extended to the superior vena cava in two. All of the patients received anticoagulant therapy for upper extremity @entity1150 . No @entity1 developed symptomatic @entity1151 . Central lines at the site of the upper extremity @entity1150 were inserted in 39 of 65 @entity1 (60%). @entity5 was diagnosed in 30 of 65 @entity1 (46%), 23 @entity5 @entity1 also had central lines, and 19 @entity1 (29%) had upper extremity @entity1150 with no apparent cause. All @entity1 had swelling of the upper extremities. Erythema over the affected site was present in four @entity1 (6%). @entity158 was present in 26 @entity1 (40%), although some discomfort due to swelling was present in all @entity1 . CONCLUSION: Symptomatic upper extremity @entity1150 is not uncommon in hospitalized @entity1 . Symptomatic @entity1151 resulting from upper extremity @entity1150 was not observed in these @entity1 , all of whom were treated with anticoagulants.

Upper extremity XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer', 'Cancer'] @entity1151 :: ('MESH:D011655', 'Disease') :: ['PE', 'acute pulmonary embolism'] @entity1150 :: ('MESH:D020246', 'Disease') :: ['upper extremity deep venous thrombosis', 'DVT'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['Pain']
@entity1150 :: (MESH:D020246,Disease) :: ['deep venous thrombosis']
