Search

Skip to main content Accessibility help

Home
Search

Only show content I have access to (0)

Chapters (1)

Over 3 years (1)

From year:

To year:

Apply

Medicine (1)

pelvis vein

Cambridge University Press (1)

View selected items
Save to my bookmarks
Export citations
Download PDF (zip)
Save to Kindle
Save to Dropbox
Save to Google Drive
Save content to
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to .

To save content items to your Kindle, first ensure coreplatform@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Please be advised that item(s) you selected are not available.
You are about to save
Your Kindle email address

Please provide your Kindle email.

@free.kindle.com @kindle.com (service fees apply)

By using this service, you agree that you will only keep content for personal use, and will not openly distribute them via Dropbox, Google Drive or other file sharing services

1 results

10 - Thromboembolic disorders of pregnancy
- By Mark Tindall, Consultant in Anaesthesia, Dudley Group of Hospitals, Dudley, West Midlands, UK
Alexander Heazell, University of Manchester, John Clift
Book:

Obstetrics for Anaesthetists

Published online:

21 August 2009

Print publication:

06 March 2008, pp 120-129
- Chapter
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation
Summary

Successive reports from the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) have highlighted failures in recognition of risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE) and provision of adequate prophylaxis. VTE is a significant cause of mortality and morbidity in pregnancy. There are two different manifestations of VTE - deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). DVT organizes clots that occur in the venous system, usually in the large veins of the leg or pelvis. PE is a clot that causes occlusion of artery in the pulmonary circulation. The blockage of the artery can be caused by air, fat, amniotic fluid or blood clot. The accurate diagnosis of VTE requires both clinical assessment and objective testing. Spiral CT scan is used to identify PE. Both the prophylaxis and treatment of VTE can potentially have implications on the provision of regional anaesthesia or analgesia during labour and delivery.

Search Results

Refine search

Refine search

Actions for selected content:

1 results

10 - Thromboembolic disorders of pregnancy

Summary

Search Results

Refine search

Refine search

Actions for selected content:

Save Search

1 results

10 - Thromboembolic disorders of pregnancy

Summary