Long-term outcomes of patients investigated for suspected upper extremities deep venous thrombosis irrespective of imaging results
Background Outcome data are limited for upper extremity deep venous thrombosis (UEDVT).
Background Outcome data are limited for upper extremity deep venous thrombosis (UEDVT).
Aim: To determine whether the survival of patients with suspected acute pulmonary embolism (PE) relates to radiological probability of acute PE assessed using lung scintigraphy scans (LSS).
This review is based on a presentation given by Professor Isles at the joint Royal College of General Practioners and RCPE Medicine for the Elderly Symposium on 1 April 2011.
Anaemia is common in a wide range of malignancies and individual studies have demonstrated it to be an independent prognostic marker for survival in certain cancer types. The study population consisted of 171 patients: 77 anaemic and 94 non-anaemic. Sixty per cent of the study population had adenocarcinoma with 37% having squamous cell carcinoma. Late-stage disease occurred in 80% of individuals. There was no significant difference in survival times between the two groups (p=0.1), and after adjusting for confounding factors including age, sex, stage and physical status (p=0.8).