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How can a lung blood clot occur when you just have had kidney transplant?
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Easily: There are many risk factors for developing blood clots. Surgery itself is a risk factor, as is the decreased activity frequently seen after operations. Age, medications, and other conditions also affect risk. Patients with risk should receive prophylaxis, out preventative measures, bit this is still not a guarantee against developing clots.
Answered 1/23/2015
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Pulmonary embolus: A blood clot in the leg or pelvis (also called deep venous thrombosis) can occur with any major abdominal surgery. Smoking, obesity, prolonged immobility, or chronic medical condition can increase this chance. These blood clots can travel to the lungs causing a pulmonary embolus.
Answered 9/23/2019
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Risk of blood clot: Any major surgery, such as transplant, carries a risk of developing blood clots in the legs, deep vein thromboisi (dvt). Clot gets in the lung, pulmonary embolus (pe), when a piece breaks off from the leg DVT and travels into the lungs via the connecting veins.
Answered 4/20/2015
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