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This paper reports on a study conducted to determine the incidence of phlebitis related to peripheral cannulae, and its predisposing factors in a general surgery department. Phlebitis is a serious health problem that affects a large proportion of hospitalized patients receiving intravenous therapy.
Buerger's disease, or thromboangiitis obliterans, is a primary systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology, that affects the arteries and veins of medium and small caliber, causing inflammatory thrombotic phenomena primarily in young smokers. The authors present a review of the cases followed in
We analysed clinical features and outcome in 850 patients with thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO), based on the 1993 Nationwide Survey of Vasculitis database collected from 3722 clinical sites in Japan. The survey was designed to assess clinical manifestation categorized by Fontaine's classification,
Buerger's disease is an inflammatory occlusive disorder affecting the small and medium-size arteries and veins of young, predominantly male, smokers. The disorder has been identified as an autoimmune response triggered when nicotine is present. Tobacco abuse is the major contributing risk factor;
A series of 29 well-documented and properly analysed patients with thrombangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease) is presented. The diagnosis of Buerger's disease was based on following criteria: smoking history, onset before the age of 50 years, infrapopliteal arterial occlusive disease, either
OBJECTIVE
To summarise available data on the risk factors, complications and the factors associated with complications of lower limb cellulitis in Africa.
METHODS
We did electronic searches on PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus and African Journals Online from 1 January 1986 to 30 October 2017, extracted and
Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans or TAO) is a clinical syndrome characterized by the development of segmental thrombotic occlusions of the medium and small arteries of the extremities. It is clinically and pathologically distinguishable from arteriosclerosis and necrotizing arteritis.