Table 1
Common conditions with a tendency for thrombosis (thrombophilic states)
Dehydration (even subclinical) | Unusual postures in travel or sleep |
Prolonged immobilization | Surgery or trauma |
Focus of infection/inflammation/ abscess | Pregnancy/postpartum period |
Hyperhomocysteinemia | Polycythemias |
Thrombocytosis | Obesity |
Diabetes | Oral contraceptives |
Hormone replacement therapies | Antiphospholipid antibodies |
Behcet's and other vasculitis | Congestive cardiac failure |
Nephrotic syndrome | Smoking |
Inflammation | Liver disease |
Increasing age | Dyslipidemia |
Atherosclerosis | Malignancies |