Pulmonary Embolism Support Group

By far the most common form of pulmonary embolism is a thromboembolism, which occurs when a blood clot, generally a venous thrombus, becomes dislodged from its site of formation and embolizes to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs. Symptoms may include difficulty breathing, pain during breathing, and more rarely circulatory instability and death.

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American College of Chest Physicians Guidelines

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cave76
****The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) released the Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines in its February issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the ACCP. This ninth edition of the guidelines represents important innovations in terms of methodology and recommendations.****

Is there a copy of the 9th edition available for non-subscribers to that journal.?
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cave76
****The lack of evidence supporting the economy class syndrome myth in air travel made major news headlines recently. While certainly interesting and accurate, that topic was just one among many topics addressed in the larger framework of the new evidence-based guidelines.****

*** evidence that the risk of DVT in most long-distance travel is extremely low, and for most people, not worth any other intervention other than moving around periodically.***

Except for some people--- read more at:

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/02/antithrombotic-guidelines.html