A note on thrombosis in the veins of the pelvis and lower extremities after operations / by K.G. Lennander ; (translated from the Swedish by I. Walker Hall).

  • Lennander, Karl Gustav, 1857-1908.
Date:
1900
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Credit: A note on thrombosis in the veins of the pelvis and lower extremities after operations / by K.G. Lennander ; (translated from the Swedish by I. Walker Hall). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    those diseases which are accompanied by intense anaemia and auto-intoxication, in which a tendency towards the com- plication of thrombosis exists. I consider myself also entitled to ask physicians to use this suggestion of “bed elevation” for preventing throm- bosis. Anaemic patients often rest and sleep better after such an arrangement of the bed. Patients with medium- sized varices on their feet or legs if their limbs have not been bandaged during the day often feel restless and tired with aching in their legs at bedtime and are consequently unable to sleep for several hours. For such persons an elevation of from eight or 12 to 15 centimetres (from three or four and a half to six inches) should be employed at night. After a few nights’ experience of the position in question these patients will sleep better and the unpleasant sensations in their limbs will entirely disappear. Upsala. Printed at Tho Lancet Office, 423, Strand, W.C,