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OT Dr's/Nurses question about blood clots
Posted on 5/24/16 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 5/24/16 at 3:24 pm
My mom just got out of the hospital last week. She had a huge red mark on her arm from the IV. She is at a follow up dr appt visit now and they tell her she has a blood clot in her arm from the IV. She is waiting to do an ultra sound. I know blood clots are never good, so what can I expect from this? TIA
This post was edited on 5/24/16 at 3:29 pm
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Posted on 5/24/16 at 3:29 pm to MocklerLSU
Superficial thrombophlebitis. The treatment is usually anti-inflammatory medicine or blood thinners, but can usually clear up on its own.
Posted on 5/24/16 at 3:34 pm to Winston Cup
Thanks, just seems like they should have caught this before she was discharged. We should them her arm and they just told her to put a hot compress on it.
Posted on 5/24/16 at 3:39 pm to MocklerLSU
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We should them her arm and they just told her to put a hot compress on it.
Hmm, that must have been one of those nurse practitioners we have heard so much about recently.
Posted on 5/24/16 at 3:40 pm to MocklerLSU
Probably best to send pics of either mom or nurse just so I can make a full diagnosis.
Posted on 5/24/16 at 3:43 pm to Winston Cup
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Probably best to send pics of either mom
She's 67
Posted on 5/24/16 at 3:52 pm to MocklerLSU
Sadly, IV's are left in way too long. They are supposed to moved to a different location every couple of days. Patients that are difficult sticks will keep theirs longer and usually become infiltrated. That's why you see all the bruising on peoples arm when they are released from the hospital. Older people on blood thinners look horrible after a hospital stay for this reason.
I'm a CRNA, and I bet half of the people that we do surgery on that come from the floors have infiltrated IV's
I'm a CRNA, and I bet half of the people that we do surgery on that come from the floors have infiltrated IV's
Posted on 5/24/16 at 3:58 pm to MocklerLSU
So.
Posted on 5/24/16 at 4:00 pm to MocklerLSU
Superficial thrombus doesnt matter.
Shouldnt be on anticoagulation for that.
Shouldnt be on anticoagulation for that.
Posted on 5/24/16 at 4:00 pm to ellunchboxo
Ask a NP. they are as good as a MD. 
Posted on 5/24/16 at 4:04 pm to MocklerLSU
For as much shite as doctors get on this board, there sure are a lot of medical threads popping up lately.
Posted on 5/24/16 at 4:25 pm to MocklerLSU
Hot compress for that is contraindicated.
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