People who present to hospital with blood clots in the legs or lungs should be offered treatment within 4 hours and have their investigative tests including scans within 24 hours, according to the latest National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines.
Those aged 40 and over who develop a blood clot should also be tested to see whether they have an underlying cancer. The opportunity to check for cancer is also being missed, despite estimates suggesting that one in 10 people with a blood clot have an underlying cancer.
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) guideline.
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