Magdalena Mackiewicz-Milewska1, Stanisław Jung2, Andrzej C Kroszczyński3, Hanna Mackiewicz-Nartowicz4, Zbigniew Serafin5, Małgorzata Cisowska-Adamiak1, Jerzy Pyskir6, Iwona Szymkuć-Bukowska1, Wojciech Hagner1, Danuta Rość7. 1. a Department of Rehabilitation Collegium , Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University , Poland. 2. b University of Technology and Live Science Bydgoszcz , Poland. 3. c Kroszczynski Medical Practice , Kalisz , Poland. 4. d Department of Phoniatry and Audiology , Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University , Poland. 5. e Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging , Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University , Poland. 6. f Department of Biophysic Collegium , Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University , Poland. 7. g Department of Patophysiology Collegium , Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University , Poland.
Abstract
CONTEXT/ OBJECTIVE: Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a well-known complication of an acute spinal cord injury (SCI). However, the prevalence of DVT in patients with chronic SCI has only been reported in a limited number of studies. The aim of our study was to examine the prevalence of DVT in patients with SCI beyond three months after injury. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Rehabilitation Department at the Bydgoszcz University Hospital in Poland. PARTICIPANTS: Sixty-three patients with SCI that were more than 3 months post injury. The patients, ranging in age from 13 to 65 years, consisted of 15 women and 48 men; the mean age of the patients was 32.1 years. The time from injury varied from 4 to 124 months. OUTCOME MEASURES: Clinical assessment, D-dimer and venous duplex scan. RESULTS: The venous duplex scan revealed DVT in 5 of the 63 patients. The post-injury time in four of the patients varied between 4 and 5 months; one patient was 42 months post-injury. CONCLUSION: DVT occurred in patients with chronic SCI, mainly by the 6th post injury month.
CONTEXT/ OBJECTIVE:Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a well-known complication of an acute spinal cord injury (SCI). However, the prevalence of DVT in patients with chronic SCI has only been reported in a limited number of studies. The aim of our study was to examine the prevalence of DVT in patients with SCI beyond three months after injury. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Rehabilitation Department at the Bydgoszcz University Hospital in Poland. PARTICIPANTS: Sixty-three patients with SCI that were more than 3 months post injury. The patients, ranging in age from 13 to 65 years, consisted of 15 women and 48 men; the mean age of the patients was 32.1 years. The time from injury varied from 4 to 124 months. OUTCOME MEASURES: Clinical assessment, D-dimer and venous duplex scan. RESULTS: The venous duplex scan revealed DVT in 5 of the 63 patients. The post-injury time in four of the patients varied between 4 and 5 months; one patient was 42 months post-injury. CONCLUSION:DVT occurred in patients with chronic SCI, mainly by the 6th post injury month.
Authors: D Green; D Chen; J S Chmiel; N K Olsen; M Berkowitz; A Novick; J Alleva; D Steinberg; S Nussbaum; M Tolotta Journal: Arch Phys Med Rehabil Date: 1994-03 Impact factor: 3.966
Authors: Sabine Eichinger; Lisbeth Eischer; Hana Sinkovec; Gabriela Wittgruber; Ludwig Traby; Michael Kammer; Paul A Kyrle; Oskar Steinbrecher; Herbert Kaloud; Victoria Kyrle; Hartwig Moser; Renate Wildburger Journal: PLoS One Date: 2018-03-28 Impact factor: 3.240