Deep venous thrombosis (DVT)

Record number:

768

Adverse Occurrence type:

Thromboembolism

MPHO Type:

Time to detection:

3 days to 1 month.

Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence:

Extremity swelling and tenderness. Pulmonary embolus (secondary consequence)

Demonstration of imputability or root cause:

Not a normal finding prior to donation. Could be a consequence of any surgery.

Keywords:

DVT (deep venous thrombosis)

extremity swelling

pulmonary embolism

References:

Minimizing morbidity of organ donation: analysis of factors for perioperative complications after living-donor nephrectomy in the United States