Travel-Related VTE: What is the Risk and How Can it be Prevented?

Author: Selim Sikander Kabir, MBBS, FCUCP, FRNZCG. Selim Sikander Kabir is a Director and Medical Officer at Medicross Urgent Care Clinic in New Plymouth, New Zealand, and an Executive Committee Member of The College of Urgent Care Physicians. Abstract Prolonged travel has long been known to be associated with venous thromboembolism (VTE) with potential cost to health running into billions of dollars. A review was done of the current literature to assess the risk and …

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