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Compression Stockings and Venous Function [PDF]
Archives of Surgery, 2002 Surgical compression stockings measurably improve venous physiologic mechanisms, and stocking brands do not differ from one another.Eleven patients, (8 men and 3 women [mean age, 53 years]), were included. Six patients had primary venous insufficiency and 5 patients had secondary venous insufficiency; 5 patients were in CEAP class 4 and 6 were in CEAP ...
Paul J, Zajkowski +5 more
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The variation in pressures exerted by commercially available compression garments [PDF]
, 2015 Commercially available compression garments (CGs) demonstrate the enhanced recovery from exercise in some, but not all studies. It is possible that in some cases the degree of compression pressure (ComP) exerted is not sufficient to produce any ...
Hill, Jessica +6 more
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Health Technology Assessment, 2020 Background: Patients admitted to hospital for surgery are at an increased risk of venous thromboembolism. Pharmaco-thromboprophylaxis and mechanical prophylaxis (usually graduated compression stockings or intermittent pneumatic compression) have been ...
Joseph Shalhoub +13 more
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Occupational leg edema-use of compression stockings. [PDF]
Porto Biomed J, 2020 Abstract To analyze the use of compression stockings to avoid the formation of occupational edema of the lower limbs in jobs with prolonged orthostatism. We carried out a review of the articles published in PubMed, from the 1st of January 2008 to 31st of December 2018 using the term “Occupational Leg Swelling”.
Guedes PM +5 more
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BMC Nephrology, 2020 Background Patients with chronic kidney disease are at higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Chronic exposure to intermittent hemodialysis may be a source of added stress to the cardiovascular system; intradialytic hypotension is a common ...
R. Marinovich +5 more
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BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2018 Objective To investigate the effect of additional semiautomatic intermittent pneumatic compression device (IPCD) in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of lower extremity in these patients undergoing major orthopedic surgery, when compared with ...
Dapeng Wang +4 more
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Compression stockings reduce the incidence of hypotension but not that of cerebral desaturation events in the beach-chair position: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2018 Background The beach-chair position (BCP) results in decreases in venous return, cardiac output, and cerebral perfusion pressure. In this randomized, prospective study, we investigated whether applying thigh-high compression stockings affected the ...
Jae Hee Woo +5 more
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International Journal of Vascular Medicine, 2014 The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of elastic compression stockings on volumetric variations of lymphedematous limbs between mechanical lymph drainage sessions.
José Maria Pereira de Godoy +3 more
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International Journal of Vascular Medicine, 2017 Objective. The aim of this study was to identify strategies to transfer responsibility of the maintenance of the results of lymphedema treatment to the patient. Methods.
Jose Maria Pereira de Godoy +4 more
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019 Background Post-operative limb swelling may negatively affect the outcome of arthroscopic surgery and prolong rehabilitation. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the effect of compression stockings versus no compression on post-operative swelling
Tina S. Tischer +6 more
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