Contemporary thrombosis debates
By: Steven R. Deitcher, guest editor
Contributors: Deitcher, Steven R
Series: Medical clinics of North America -- v. 87, no. 6
Publisher: W.B. Saunders Co.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1305
Notes: "November 2003."

Series title on spine: Medical clinics

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: value: Debate #1: Calf deep venous thrombosis should be treated with anticoagulation / Steven R. Deitcher and Joseph A. Caprini; value: Debate #2: Young patients with iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis should receive thrombolytic therapy / Felipe Navarro and Steven Dean; value: Debate #3: Patients undergoing surgical resection of primary brain tumors should receive pharmacologic venous thromboprophylaxis / Susan M. Begelman and David Green; value: Debate #4: Patients with inferior vena caval filters should receive chronic thromboprophylaxis / Marcelo P.V. Gomes, Karen L. Kaplan, and Steven R. Deitcher; value: Debate #5: Should patients on warfarin for 3 months for idiopathic proximal deep venous thrombosis receive bridging therapy precolonoscopy (with expected biopsy)? / Daniel J. Brotman and Scott Kaatz; value: Debate #6: A positive in vitro assay is required to diagnose heparin-induced thrombocytopenia / Kandace Kottke-Marchant and Franklin A. Bontempo; value: Debate #7: Estrogen-containing oral contraceptives are allowable in young women with factor V Leiden heterozygosity without a history of thrombosis / Marie M. Budev ... [et al.]; value: Debate #8: Comprehensive hypercoagulable state testing is indicated in patients with a first idiopathic deep venous thrombosis / Douglas A. Triplett and John A. Penner; value: Debate #9: Patients with acute pulmonary embolism should have an echocardiogram to guide treatment decisions / Amjad AlMahameed and John R. Bartholomew