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Prevention• Check family history of PE, if positive, consider testingfor thrombophilia and mutations• Check for patient history of DVT or PE• Take patient’s complaints about calf pain seriously• American College of Chest Physicians guidelines forthromboprophyslaxis• Prior episode VTE (DVT or PE)• Antithrombin deficiency
Prevention• Case-by-case basis for thromboprophylaxis• One episode of VTE with pregnancy or contraception• One episode of idiopathic VTE• One episode of VTE with thrombophilia• What to do during a cesarean section?• One risk factor - pneumatic compression• ALL patients should either have compression stockingsor pneumatic compression
Page 1 and 2: Nawal M. Nour, MD, MPHAssoc. Profes
Page 3 and 4: Maternal Mortality in Palestine•
Page 5 and 6: Pulmonary Emboli• Deep venous thr
Page 7 and 8: Diagnosis DVT• Symptoms: calf/thi
Page 9: Treatment• Heparin: pts with elev
Page 13 and 14: Prevention/Treatment• What to do

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