title: Elastic stocking-induced foot necrosis in a patient with severe pneumonia.
abstract: Elastic stockings (ES) are widely used for the prevention of venous thromboembolism. Here we report a case of foot ulcers induced by ES in patients with pneumonia and hypoxia. A 94-year-old woman was admitted for the treatment of pneumonia. The patient had been wearing an ES because of a history of deep vein thrombosis of the leg. Multiple foot ulcers occurred within 24 hours after the admission despite the absence of peripheral arterial occlusive disease. The ulcers took almost 5 months to heal. For patients with hypoxia, ES may further deteriorate local tissue hypoxia and thus should be used carefully.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Second Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan ; Department of Surgery, Omaezaki Municipal Hospital, Omaezaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Unno
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sagara
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Motohiro
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authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: Hiroki
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authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Yuuki
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authors.lastname: Mano
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Konno
keywords: deep venous thrombosis; elastic stocking; foot ulcer
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