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Care after Ischaemic stroke

Ruth Sander Senior lecture, The University of Portsmouth

Stroke survivors are at substantially increased risk of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) because they are immobile and often dehydrated. Neither knee-nor thigh-length stockings reduce the risk and knee-length stockings are considered, in this review, to be associated with increased incidence of DVT.

Nursing Older People. 23, 6, 11-11. doi: 10.7748/nop.23.6.11.s7

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24 June 2011 / Vol 23 issue 6

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