Abstract: . . .  Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division Duke University Medical Center Representative of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) American Public Health Association 11 Page 13 Public Health Leadership Conference on Deep-Vein Thrombosis Participants American Public Health Association 12 Russell Rayman. MD Executive Director Aerospace Medical Association Mike Reynolds Executive Director Airhealth.org George Taler, MD Past President . . .
. . .  problems in the United States. Physicians and other healthcare providers, public health advocates and con- sumers must regard DVT as a life-threatening condition because more people die each year from PE than motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer or AIDS. Furthermore, the need for advancing awareness goes beyond a greater acknowledgement of the incidence of DVT it must incorporate a better understanding of the preventability of the condition. These constituencies must act now, each in their own sphere of influence, to create a heightened level of awareness and . . .
. . .  American Nurses Association (ANA) SAMUEL Z. GOLDHABER, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director, Venous Thromboembolism Research Group and Director, Anticoagulation Service at Brigham and Womens Hospital Co-chair, Council for Leadership on Thrombosis Awareness and Management (CLOT) REAR ADMIRAL KENNETH MORITSUGU, MD, MPH Deputy Surgeon General of the United States U.S. Department of Health and Human Services JOHN C. NELSON, MD, MPH, FACOG, FACPM Secretary-Treasurer American Medical Association (AMA) MAUREEN . . .
. . .  create a better understanding of both the high incidence of DVT and PE and the availability of preventive options for these conditions. American Public Health Association 2 Page 4 Deep-Vein Thrombosis : Advancing Awareness to Protect Patient Lives 1. Describing Deep-Vein Thrombosis A deep-vein thrombus (blood clot) is an intravascular deposit that is composed of fibrin and red blood cells with a variable platelet and leukocyte component. Deep-vein throm- bosis occurs when a thrombus forms . . .
. . .  Thrombosis Speakers GEORGES BENJAMIN, MD, FACP Executive Director American Public Health Association (APHA) SALLY O. CRUDDER, RN Deputy Chief, Hematologic Diseases Branch Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) MIRANDA FOWLER DVT patient RITA MUNLEY GALLAGHER, PhD, RN Senior Policy Fellow American Nurses Association (ANA) SAMUEL Z. GOLDHABER, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director, Venous Thromboembolism Research Group and Director, Anticoagulation Service at . . .
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