Deep Venous Thrombosis Archives - Emergency Medicine Kenya Foundation

D-Dimers explained

18 February, 20224 January, 2022 EMKF

The D-dimer test is a marker of blood clotting activity and is not diagnostic of VTE
When used appropriately the D-dimer test helps “rule out” VTE if the test is negative and the chance of the patient having a VTE is relatively low

DVT and PE diagnosis

17 March, 201511 July, 2021 EMKF

Sudden onset blue leg

25 August, 201411 July, 2021 EMKF

You are managing a 56 year old woman with severe pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit when you are called to see her because her leg has suddenly turned blue: