Is virtual bronchoscopy useful for physicians practising in a district general hospital?
Virtual bronchoscopy is feasible and useful in the management of a few selected patients in a DGH chest unit. Virtual bronchoscopy may convey additional information over computed tomography when the distal airways need to be visualised and for discrete endoluminal lesions.
A procoagulant state perseveres in patients with a history of pregnancy-related DVT, even after the symptomatic phase is over. The mechanisms behind such an imbalance in overall hemostasis are enhanced thrombin generation and depressed fibrinolysis. These findings may underscore the need for thromboprophylaxis to prevent recurrence of thromboembolism in risk situations.