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What Is It/ |
How Is It Recognized/ |
Is Massage indicated |
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Condition Name |
What Are They? |
How Are They Recognized? |
or Contraindicated? |
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Thrombi
are stationary |
Venous
emboli land in the lungs, |
Massage
is systemically contrain- |
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Thrombus |
clots;
emboli are clots that |
causing
pulmonary embolism. |
dicated
in the presence of diag- |
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182) |
travel
through the circula- |
Symptoms
of PE include short- |
nosed
thrombi or emboli, as it is |
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tory
system. Emboli are |
ness
of breath, chest pain, and |
for
any disorder involving poten- |
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usually
composed of blood, |
coughing
up sputum that is |
tial
blood clots. |
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but
may also be fragments |
streaked
with blood. |
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of
plaque, fat globules, air |
Arterial
emboli can lodge in |
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bubbles,
tumors, or bone |
coronary
arteries (heart attack), |
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Chips. |
the
brain (transient ischemic at- |
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tack
or stroke), kidneys, legs, or |
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some
other organ. |
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