A nurse-led ambulatory care pathway for patients with deep venous thrombosis in an acute teaching hospital.
This article describes the management of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) using an ambulatory nurse-led pathway and the compression technique using duplex ultrasound. This pathway permits the management of the "walking wounded" as well as other patients at varying risks of having DVT and in so doing has changed the approach toward the management of this common clinical event. The success of the described pathway is attributed to the development of low molecular weight heparin and the reliability of diagnostics.
Deagle
Jennifer
J
Emergency Medical Unit, Southampton University Hospitals Trust NHS, Southampton, UK.
Allen
James
J
Mani
Raj
R
D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000592:standards*; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019091:Critical Pathways; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000451:nursing*
D000925:Anticoagulants; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight