1973
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.4.5890.446
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Incidence of Idiopathic Venous Thromboembolism in Nurses

Abstract: SummaryThe incidence of idiopathic deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in a group of nurses (9-4 per 1,000 per year and 7-5 per 1,000 per year respectively) was much higher than the reported incidence in women of childbearing age in the general population (0 65 per 1,000 per year and 011 per 1,000 per year respectively). We suggest that these results show that nurses face an increased risk of idiopathic thromboembolism as a result of their occupation.

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“…Ramsay et al reported that the incidence of idiopathic deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism is much higher in nurses than in women of childbearing age in the general population. 4…”
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“…Ramsay et al reported that the incidence of idiopathic deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism is much higher in nurses than in women of childbearing age in the general population. 4…”
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confidence: 99%
“…3 Ramsay et al reported that the incidence of idiopathic deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism is much higher in nurses than in women of childbearing age in the general population. 4 We have found no reference in the literature regarding the incidence of venous thromboembolism in family caregivers. On one hand, family caregiving demands significant physical efforts, on the other hand, most of the time the caregivers sit in inconvenient armchairs near a patient's bed, comparable with long distance flights.…”
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“…Μόνο μία μελέτη βρέθηκε στη βιβλιογραφία, η οποία διερευνάει την επίπτωση της φλεβικής θρόμβωσης στο νοσηλευτικό προσωπικό και βρήκε ότι φλεβική θρόμβωση αναπτύσσουν 9,4 ανά 1000 νοσηλευτές το έτος, ποσοστό παρόμοιο με της παρούσας μελέτης και αρκετά αυξημένο σε σχέση με το γενικό πληθυσμό. Η αναφερόμενη μελέτη συμπεριέλαβε μόνο νοσηλεύτριες γυναικείου φύλου και για αυτό το λόγο πιστεύεται ότι η επίπτωση είναι αυξημένη σε σχέση με της παρούσας μελέτης που συμπεριέλαβε και άντρες, των οποίων η επίπτωση φλεβικής θρόμβωσης είναι σημαντικά μειωμένο (Ramsay and Macleod, 1973).…”
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