Infection and VTE

Infection and VTE

Aug 4, 2015 | News

Bedrest for a few days when you suffer from an infection is one of the risk factors for the development of a venous thrombosis and/or pulmonary embolism (venous thromboembolic disease, VTE). Doctors of the RIETE group have observed that in patients immobilized by an...
Thrombosis in the arm that doesn’t need hospital admission

Thrombosis in the arm that doesn’t need hospital admission

Jul 10, 2015 | News

Doctors of the RIETE group have established parameters for identifying which patients with deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in the upper limbs don’t need hospital admission. It is the first time that chances of complications in these patients during the first week of...
Estimate predicts the risk of complications in patients with PE

Estimate predicts the risk of complications in patients with PE

Feb 19, 2014 | News

A decision-making tool for doctors   eStiMaTe was developed “to predict the risk of complications in patients with normal blood pressure and PE,” says David Jiménez, pneumonologist at the Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal of Madrid, and author of...