Venous thromboembolism in infancy and childhood.
A retrospective study of Scottish hospital inpatients aged 15 years or less has revealed, over a 4-year period, 36 cases of venous thrombosis or phlebitis. Of these 10 were considered to have deep venous thrombosis; 2 cases were associated with obvious pulmonary embolism and 2 cases developed chronic venous insufficiency. change in the coding allocations are proposed. There are "high risk" situations in childhood disease in which a diagnosis of venous thromboembolic disease should be considered and investigated.
D000293:Adolescent; D001367:Axillary Vein; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D010690:Phlebography; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012082:Renal Veins; D012606:Scotland; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014471:Umbilical Veins; D014684:Venae Cavae