Title: Supporting the goals and ideals of "Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Awareness Month".
Policy area: Health

Summary:
This resolution expresses support for Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Awareness Month.
Deep vein thrombosis is a condition caused by a blood clot in the deep veins of the body; pulmonary embolisms (i.e., where a blood clot breaks off and lodges in the lung) are a potentially life-threatening complication of this condition.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1174 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1174

Supporting the goals and ideals of ``Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary 
                      Embolism Awareness Month''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2022

    Mr. Burgess (for himself and Mrs. Axne) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Supporting the goals and ideals of ``Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary 
                      Embolism Awareness Month''.

Whereas deep vein thrombosis (referred to in this resolution as ``DVT'') is a 
        condition that occurs when a blood clot forms in the deep veins of the 
        body, most commonly in the leg, although it can occur anywhere in the 
        body, such as the veins in the arm, abdomen, or around the brain;
Whereas a potentially life-threatening complication of DVT is pulmonary embolism 
        (in this resolution referred to as ``PE''), where a blood clot breaks 
        off, travels through the blood stream and lodges in the lung;
Whereas DVT/PE is a serious, but often preventable, medical condition;
Whereas DVT/PE occurs in an estimated 900,000 individuals in the United States 
        each year;
Whereas DVT/PE kills an estimated 100,000 individuals in the United States each 
        year, more than AIDS, breast cancer, and prostate cancer combined;
Whereas DVT/PE deaths are often preventable;
Whereas DVT/PE is the leading cause of preventable hospital death in the United 
        States;
Whereas DVT/PE is a common complication in cancer patients and the leading cause 
        of death in people with cancer after the cancer itself;
Whereas pregnancy increases risk of DVT/PE, and that risk remains elevated for 
        up to 6 weeks after giving birth;
Whereas immobility, surgery, older age, a family history of clotting, and 
        thrombophilia increase risk of DVT/PE;
Whereas DVT/PE contributes to an estimated $10,000,000,000 in incremental 
        medical costs each year in the United States; and
Whereas the establishment of March as Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary 
        Embolism Awareness Month would raise awareness about this life-
        threatening but preventable condition: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the goals and ideals of Deep Vein Thrombosis 
        and Pulmonary Embolism Awareness Month; and
            (2) recognizes the importance of raising awareness of deep 
        vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
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