Deep vein thrombosis in acute spinal cord injury

Study design: Randomized study. Objectives: To find out the incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in acute spinal cord injury (SCI) patients with and without therapeutic prophylaxis. Setting: Patients admitted in the department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, SMS Medical College, Jaipur...

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Published in:Spinal cord 2009-10, Vol.47 (10), p.769-772
Main Authors: Agarwal, N K, Mathur, N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anatomy
Anticoagulants - administration & dosage
Biological and medical sciences
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cerebrospinal fluid. Meninges. Spinal cord
Child
Comorbidity
Disability Evaluation
Edema - diagnosis
Edema - etiology
Edema - physiopathology
Female
Fever - epidemiology
Heparin - administration & dosage
Human Physiology
Humans
Incidence
Injuries of the nervous system and the skull. Diseases due to physical agents
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Muscle Spasticity - epidemiology
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurochemistry
Neurology
Neuropsychology
Neurosciences
original-article
Physical Therapy Modalities - statistics & numerical data
Severity of Illness Index
Spinal Cord - blood supply
Spinal Cord - physiopathology
Spinal Cord Injuries - epidemiology
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
Veins - drug effects
Veins - physiopathology
Venous Thrombosis - epidemiology
Venous Thrombosis - prevention & control
Venous Thrombosis - therapy
Young Adult
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Summary:Study design: Randomized study. Objectives: To find out the incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in acute spinal cord injury (SCI) patients with and without therapeutic prophylaxis. Setting: Patients admitted in the department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, India. Methods: All 297 patients received physical therapy measures and were randomly divided into two groups. 166 patients received prophylactic heparin, whereas 131 patients did not. Results: A total of three cases (1.8%) in study group and four cases (3%) in control group developed DVT. This difference was statistically insignificant ( P >0.05). Conclusion: Incidence of DVT in SCI is low in our study.
ISSN:1362-4393
1476-5624
DOI:10.1038/sc.2009.37