Thrombosis risk stratification

Associate Editors-in-Chief: Ujjwal Rastogi, MBBS [mailto:urastogi@perfuse.org]

Overview
Presence of a risk factor for thrombosis has an impact on the treatment of the patient. Short term anti-coagulation can be successful in the presence of a transient risk factor. Long term anti-coagulation is required in case of a persistent risk factor.

Risk factors

 * General
 * Older age
 * Female gender
 * Smoking
 * Obesity
 * Pregnancy
 * Immobilization


 * Medical
 * Surgery
 * Heart failure
 * Trauma
 * Oral contraceptive use
 * Varicose veins
 * Malignancy
 * Kidney disorders
 * Lupus anticoagulant
 * Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
 * Inflammatory bowel disease
 * Thromboangiitis obliterans
 * Disseminated intravascular coagulation


 * Familial
 * Antithrombin III deficiency
 * Protein C deficiency/Protein S deficiency
 * APC resistance (Factor V Leiden)
 * Dysfibrogenemia
 * Hypoplasminogenemia
 * Familial homocysteinemia

Trombóza Thrombose Trombozo Trombosi תרומבוס Trombotik Trombose Trombose Verihiutale