SIR - I would urge anyone with risk factors for travel-related deep vein thrombosis - family or previous history of DVT, cancer, hormonal therapies, recent surgery and obesity - to seek advice ...

Certain factors can increase the risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis. These risk factors include age, sitting for long periods, prolonged bed rest, injury or surgery, pregnancy, overweight, smoking ...

Deep Vein Thrombosis Risk Factors. Your chances are higher for developing DVT if you: are over the age of 40, are pregnant, are immobile or on bed rest, have had recent surgery (especially orthopedic ...

DVT Symptoms And Risk Factors. The National Disability Navigator shared that DVT is often underdiagnosed and affects almost 900,000 United States (US) citizens annually. Additionally, more than ...

Using a large clinical biobank of over 100,000 participants, we observed that an existing history of anxiety disorder and/or depression significantly elevated the risk of incident DVT.

Investigators compared DVT risk factors among patients with and without DVT, including age, D-dimer results, gender, obesity, surgical time and tourniquet time.

A research paper published last week in The Lancet, sponsored by the World Health Organisation and accompanied by a leading article, provides further evidence of an inescapable link between air ...

"If you have risk factors for DVT (age, contraceptive use, clotting disorders, etc) and you are flying or driving long distances to Boston to compete, take precautions to minimize DVT risk by ...