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. 1973 Feb 3;1(5848):263–264. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5848.263

Puerperal Thromboembolic Disease in “High Risk” Cases

Peter Jackson
PMCID: PMC1588069  PMID: 4734376

Abstract

One hundred obstetric patients were studied for evidence of puerperal thromboembolic disease. Only one case of deep vein thrombosis was detected in patients thought to be in a “high risk” category because of age or operative intervention. Clinical findings were unreliable compared with measurements of 125I-labelled fibrinogen uptake. Doppler ultrasound flow detection proved a simple screening technique but produced no abnormal findings in this series.

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