• The position of Mr. RK's legs and duration of the flight, led to venous stasis.
• The normal, small amount of spontaneous clotting factor activation was not diluted and swept away by the flow of blood.
• His great saphenous vein clotted.
• Fortunately, it did not break free to become a pulmonary embolus.

• The situation still occurs today.
• long airline flights
• extended automobile trips
• patient's in traction recovering from orthopedic surgery.
• anyone who's immobilized in bed for an extended time.
• Treatment really consists of prevention.
• Get up and move, stay hydrated.
• Low molecular weight heparin for selected surgery patients.
• Compression stockings.

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