Dress is the general term for a garment: a black dress. Costume is used of the style of dress appropriate to some occasion, purpose, period, or character, especially as used on the stage, at balls, at court, or the like, and may apply to men's garments as well: an 18th-century costume.
The average amount of time to stay in the hospital after DVT is 5 to 7 days. Most people need to take blood thinner drugs for 3 to 6 months after they leave the hospital. If you have a very high risk of getting more clots, you may need to take a blood thinner for the rest of your life.
According to Hayes, the study suggests that patients may need blood thinners over the very long term. The take-home message: in those patients who have a blood clot in the lung with no obvious cause, there is an approximately 20 percent recurrence rate, he said. However, we don't know how long the risk is elevated..