Recognising it
The leg, the arm, the skin, and the rare ones.
Recognising a clot
The leg signs and what else causes them, the arm, the clot under the skin that is not always harmless, the rare ones in the brain and the abdomen, and when it is 999. 5 min.
Diagnosis and treatment
The pathway with its time limits, the treatment, and the sites the pathway does not cover.
The leg pathway: what should happen and how fast
The Wells DVT score, D-dimer, the ultrasound within four hours, the repeat scan a week later that is often forgotten, the calf question, and pregnancy. 4 min.
Treatment, and the leg afterwards
Tablets at home for most, who gets the clot removed, filters, how long, and the post-thrombotic leg: what prevents it and what does not. 6 min.
Unusual sites: arm, abdomen, brain and skin
Arm clots and lines, the athlete's clot, portal and mesenteric veins, cerebral venous thrombosis, and superficial thrombophlebitis with its 3-cm rule. 5 min.
Prevention
Hospital, surgery, travel and hormones.
Preventing clots: hospital, surgery, travel and hormones
The risk assessment every admission must have, the injections after surgery and for how long, the sleeves, and the everyday factors that matter. 5 min.
For doctors
NG158, the BSH and NG89 on one page.
For doctors: DVT, unusual sites and prophylaxis on one page
NG158 by recommendation number for DVT, the unusual-site positions from the BSH, NG89 prophylaxis durations, and the US differences. 4 min.
Printable
Take it to the visit.
Printable DVT checklist
What should happen at the first visit, in the first week, and at three months. 2 min.