Pulmonary emboli: an unusual presentation

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2016

Publication Title

Home Health Care Management & Practice

Volume

28

Issue

2

First page number:

115

Last page number:

119

Abstract

The majority of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolus occur in older adults with cardiovascular risk factors. The case study presented is significant because it involves a 23-year-old African male who presented at our federally qualified health center after he was discharged from the hospital with a second episode of pulmonary embolus and a non-occlusive thrombus in his right common femoral vein. His only risk factors were his ethnicity and inconclusive lupus anticoagulant test result.

Keywords

pulmonary embolus; deep vein thrombosis; young African male; antiphospholipid antibodies; lupus anticoagulant

Disciplines

Nursing

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