Nursing care for deep venous thrombosis of lower extremity treated by catheter-directed thrombolysis

Abstract:

Objective：To investigate the efficacy of catheter-directed thrombolysis（CDT） in the treatment of deep venous thrombosis（DVT） of lower extremity and the related nursing process. Methods：Clinical nursing care data of 245 cases of mixed DVT treated by traditional therapy combined with CDT were retrospectively analyzed. Results：In all 245 cases，219（89.39%） were clinically cured，26（10.61%） were markedly improved with overall effective rate of 100%. Conclusions：CDT is effective in the treatment of DVT. Perioperation nursing，timely observation，prevention and handling of complications can decrease the sequelaes of DVT of lower extremity.