Line One: Deep vein thrombosis

Mon, August 11, 2008
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Blood clots, also known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) will be the topic on Line One this afternoon. Medical Director, Dr. Michael Jaff of the Massachusetts General Hospital Vascular Center joins Dr. Woodard to talk about what causes DVT, prevention, treatment and complications.

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HOST: Dr. Thad Woodard

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Dr. Michael Jaff, Medical Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Vascular Center

LIVE BROADCAST: Mon, August 11, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.

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4 Responses to “Line One: Deep vein thrombosis”

Gail Burton on August 14, 2008 at 11:03 pm

Is it true that flight socks or compression stockings negate DVT on long airline flights?
John Gillis MD on August 16, 2008 at 4:45 pm

Apologies for posting on this thread, but I wanted to get a quick message to Dr. W. Please forward this note as appropriate.

Hello Thad–this is the only link I could find to email you. I recently heard a very provocative interview on WUNC, and I thought you’d like to hear this if you haven’t already.
Nortin Hadler, Rheumatologist at UNC is the author of several books, most recently WORRIED SICK: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America.

Here is the link to the interview; if you have trouble accessing it, just hit wunc.org and search ‘Nortin Hadler’.

I’m reading the book now, got it on loan from UAA.

Cheers,
John Gillis
BC Family Medicine
Medical Park Family Care
John Gillis MD on August 16, 2008 at 4:46 pm

Here is the link:

http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/sot0731ab08.mp3/view?searchterm=nortin%20hadler
John on September 20, 2008 at 3:14 pm

The problem is that pressure on the underside of thighs from the seat pan and the edge of the seat pan presses against the thighs, which reduces back flow of blood. If you’re wearing socks it’s not enough; only redistributing pressure can help.