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Key result
A 59-year-old woman with joint replacements develops cough, exertional dyspnea, and foot swelling after European travel.
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Population
1 59-year-old woman with a history of bilateral total hip replacements and a total knee replacement presenting with cough, exertional dyspnea, and foot swelling.
A clinical vignette describing a 59-year-old woman presenting with dyspnea and edema following recent travel and orthopedic surgeries.
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Implication
Case of travel-related symptoms in multi-joint replacement patient; leaves open need for targeted VTE prophylaxis trials.
Cite This Study
Allen et al. (2014) studied this question. A 59-year-old woman with a history of joint replacements developed cough, exertional dyspnea, and foot swelling after traveling to Europe.