Rand Katherine, Sherman Charles B
Clinical Research Associate in the Department of Newborn Medicine at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., and a pre-medical student.
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, is the Director of Field Operations, East African Training Initiative, Tikur Anbessa Hospital and the University of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and Head of Global Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine for the Brown University Global Health Initiative.
R I Med J (2013). 2014 Jun 2;97(6):57-9.
Young healthy women without a genetic predisposition are considered to be at low risk for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary emboli. We present an unusual case of pulmonary embolism in a 21-year-old female competitive rower likely caused by oral contraception and trauma of the axillary-subclavian vein by extrinsic compression due to repetitive arm movements.
没有遗传易感性的年轻健康女性被认为深静脉血栓形成和肺栓塞的风险较低。我们报告一例罕见的肺栓塞病例,患者为一名21岁的女性竞技赛艇运动员,可能是由口服避孕药以及重复性手臂运动导致的外在压迫引起的腋-锁骨下静脉创伤所致。