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This study examined the trauma characteristics, vital signs, and in-hospital mortality in penetrating external and internal jugular vein injuries (PEJVI and PIJVI, respectively).
Abstract. – OBJECTIVE: Timely intervention is the key to the successful management of pen-etrating injuries to jugular veins; however, the optimal clinical management of these perfora-tions and associated risk factors for mortali-ty are not fully established.
Five hundred forty-six patients were diagnosed with acute internal jugular/subclavian/axillary deep venous thrombosis from January 1992 to June 2003 by duplex scanning at our institution. There were 329 women (60%).
13 sty 2022 · The internal jugular vein was the most common anatomic insertion site that resulted in fatal complications, with 5 (55.6%) of 9 cases in CCs and 7 (77.7%) of 9 cases in RCs. No differences were observed between the fatal complication types in CCs versus RCs.
1 lip 2020 · Conclusions. Despite the proximity of the jugular vein to the right side of the heart and the pulmonary vasculature, there is little proof of propagation of the thrombus to cause a clinically overt PE.
The mortality rate in Group I was statistically significantly higher for patients >/=75 years old, patients not treated with anticoagulation, and patients who underwent placement of a central venous line.
6 sty 2021 · A 52-year-old Caucasian woman came to the Emergency Department with chest, neck, and left arm pain. Computed tomography imagery showed a left internal jugular vein thrombosis. An extensive workup revealed a heterozygous factor V Leiden gene.
