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Virchow's triad

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Virchow's triad
three factors leading to thrombosis: stasis, hypercoagulability and intimal change.


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When you assess your patient * identify that they have Virchow's triad of risk factors, (venous stasis, endothelial injury and alteration in coagulation).
What matters is that it was not part of either Virchow's triad between 1856 and 1947.
Clot formation is apt to occur in the presence of one or more of Virchow's triad (intimal injury, altered blood flow, and hypercoagulable blood).
 
 
 
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