HIGH D-DIMER ‼️ NEED TO BE TREATED? BY DR LEE YUH SHAN

Описание: There are many reasons why high D-dimer is high e.g. DVT, covid-19 and other infection. Do we need to be worried if the D-dimer is high but the person is well? Dr Lee Yuh Shan

Dr Lee Yuh Shan | Oncologist
Parkway Cancer Centre
Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
38 Irrawaddy Road #05-43, 05-50 to 55
Singapore 329563

Timeline:
0:00 Introduction
1:32 How is D-dimer formed?
2:30 D-dimer and Covid-19
3:22 D-dimer is high is what situations? pregnancy, infection, cancer
5:01 Do we need to get D-dimer down in healthy individuals?
6:36 D-dimer is high. Do we need blood thinning medications?

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Dr. Tony Setiobudi MBBS, BMedSci, MMed (Ortho), FRCS (Ortho)
Orthopaedic and Spine Surgeon
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Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore

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