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Blood clots happen in teenagers who've significant basic health problems. for lots of mom and dad, the inside track of a blood clot is one other in a protracted line of problem. In a few teenagers, the clot is a shock hassle which impairs another way stable restoration. much less typically, the clot or stroke is a unexpected devasting blow to an in a different way good baby. Blood Clots and Strokes: A consultant for fogeys and Little parents is formatted as particular questions and solutions which permit for fast and simple reference, by means of the fogeys. The questions utilized in the textual content are these most frequently asked. Blood Clots and Strokes: A consultant for folks and Little parents will undertaking to supply mom and dad with an figuring out on the way to let them to understand the necessity for person attention within the care in their youngsters.
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Some researchers believe that the blood vessel wall and the proteins involved in clotting maintain blood as a fluid better in children than in adults. DVT = Deep Vein Thrombosis, PE = Pulmonary Embolism Page 2 Do healthy children develop blood clots? Healthy children rarely develop blood clots. Almost all children who do develop clots have serious diseases that have made them vulnerable to clotting. Parents of healthy children should not worry about blood clots. Figure 1A Deep venous system of the leg Figure 1B Venous system of the upper body Page 3 What diseases place children at risk for blood clots?
If an ultrasound is so safe, why are venograms or lineograms ever necessary? Unfortunately, ultrasound is not as precise as venograms or lineograms in the detection of blood clots in veins draining the arms and legs. How is a pulmonary embolism diagnosed in a child? A ventilation/perfusion scan is usually used to diagnose a PE. A less commonly used test is called a pulmonary angiogram. PE = Pulmonary Embolism Page 9 Figure 9 A normal perfusion scan. What is a ventilation/perfusion scan? A ventilation/perfusion scan is a test in which a material (with a very low amount of radioactivity) is injected into a vein in the arm and circulates to the lung to show the pattern of blood flow to the lung.
If the amount of vitamin K increases or decreases in the diet, this will change coumadin activity and result in the PT/INR going up or down. Children with significant changes in their diet usually require more frequent testing of their PT/INR values. Do the indications for coumadin differ in children and adults? Some indications for coumadin are similar in children and adults, such as blood clots, and some types of artificial heart valves. Other indications such as heart attacks or irregular heart beats rarely occur in children.