Case Study No. 7: Deep Vein Thrombosis - Desklib

Running head: CASE STUDY NO. 7: DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS
CASE STUDY NO. 7: DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS
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CASE STUDY NO. 7: DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS
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CASE STUDY NO. 7: DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS
Case Study No. 7:
The following case study highlights Leona who is a fifty two years old female
affected with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) three days after a lengthy flight to Australia.
Leona’s condition will be comprehensively deliberated along with her medical history and
lifestyle. Leona is an overweight smoker with atherosclerosis. Given a vacation of two weeks
from her work, she had planned a trip from Minnesota to Sydney via flight however, three
days after the long flight, she developed inflammation in her left calf and was hospitalized
and was diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis.
Answer 1:
DVT is the blood clot which forms within deep veins generally in veins of the leg
(Cieslik, Mrozinska, Broniatowska and Undas 2018). The blood clot that develops in the
larger vein around the muscles of calf and thigh with smokers, obese, and diabetic individuals
being more prone in developing DVT. People who are immobilized for a long period of time
are at risk of thrombosis development. Leona is an overweight smoker, who had to travel to
Sydney, Australia from Minneseta (approximately 18-hour flight time). The long duration of
travel and sitting time would have placed her at a high risk of thrombosis due to absence of
mobility andhistory of obesity, atherosclerosis and smoking. Proteins namely protein C,
protein S and antithrombin III all function together in the coagulation system such as to avoid
venous thrombosis from occurring and hypercoagulability may occur when the pattern
becomes disturbed (Watson, Broderick and Armon 2016).