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CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

W. J. POTTS, M.D.; SIDNEY SMITH, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1943;46(1):27-39.

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Any discussion of pulmonary embolism must concern itself primarily with a consideration of the fundamental problem of venous thrombosis. Many years ago Virchow,¹ Aschoff² and Welch³ set forth the fundamentals of the mechanics of red and white thrombus formation, which can still be found in any modern textbook. Innumerable publications on pulmonary embolism and thrombophlebitis have since confirmed the findings of the original investigators.

The word thrombophlebitis poorly describes the spontaneous venous thrombosis which occurs postoperatively and in medical patients at rest in bed, because the ending of the word suggests that inflammation is present. Any inflammation in the wall of the vein or in the thrombus is a secondary manifestation and not a primary cause. The type of thrombophlebitis caused by local trauma or infection does not pertain to this discussion. Our concern is with spontaneous intravenous clotting, and this will be referred to in the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
OAK PARK, ILL.; ORLANDO, FLA.

Footnotes
Read before the Section on Surgery, General and Abdominal, at the Ninety-Third Annual Session of the American Medical Association, Atlantic City, N. J., June 11, 1942.

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