Although many patients are worried about a hospital-acquired infection, blood clots are a far greater danger during a hospital stay, UPI reports.
The report cites British research concluding that hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism, or blood clot, kills more people than breast cancer, road traffic accidents, HIV/AIDS and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a hospital-acquired infection, combined.
The report says venous thromboembolism includes deep vein thrombosis, or a large clot in the leg; and pulmonary embolism, ...
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