Dr. Ortega Díaz de Ceballos at the SETLA webinar on thromboembolic disease
Fraternidad-Muprespa has participated this Saturday, October 22, in the webinar of the Spanish Society of Occupational Traumatology (SETLA), dedicated on this occasion to “Update on thromboembolic disease. From the healthcare center to the hospital”, with a notable intervention by head of the Internal Medicine Unit of the Fraternidad-Muprespa Havana Hospital, Dr. Antonio Ortega Díaz de Ceballos, explaining the process of diagnosing this type of pathology.
The day began with the presentation of Dr. José García López, President of SETLA thanking the almost 1,000 registered for their interest in the event; Below are the session moderators Dr. Alejo Erice Calvo-Sotelo of the Department of Internal Medicine of the ASEPEYO Hospital of Coslada and Dr. Leonor Olivares Crespo, Reference traumatologist of the Territory of Madrid of ASEPEYO, have begun the session on Venous Thrombo-Embolic Disease (VTE)
Expert speakers from different areas have participated in the webinar, such as Dr. Mª Jesús Terradillos García, director of the National Labor School, with a presentation on action from prevention to the reincorporation phase and the role of the doctor at all times. Dr. Carmen de la Peña Elías, head of the Internal Medicine Service at the FREMAP Hospital in Majadahonda, has addressed the characteristics and factors that influence your treatment.
As for the topic of thromboembolic prophylaxis, it has been developed from the point of view of minor orthopedic surgery by Dr. Javier Gutiérrez Guisado, from the Department of Internal Medicine of the ASEPEYO Hospital in Coslada emphasizing the idea of “that not enough importance is given to the prevention of VTE” and from the intervention in major orthopedic surgery by Dr. Ana Castel Oñate of the Hip Unit of the Príncipe de Asturias University Hospital in Madrid and Coordinator of the new SECOT guideline on Thromboprophylaxis, with the scoop of the “irruption of acetylsalicylic acid, the traditional aspirin, as a notable novelty in the next SECOT guide”.
Dr. Antonio Ortega Díaz de Ceballos has begun his presentation by defining VTE and explaining two pathologies that include: Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Thrombo-Embolism (TEP).
Dr.Ortega shared with the attendees his experience as an internist to describe the most important factors in the diagnosis of VTE based on clinical data that indicate or not the performance of complementary studies, as well as the algorithms for the management of pulmonary embolism, whether stable or unstable.
In the workplace of Mutual Insurance, complementary studies for the diagnosis of VTE are reduced to ultrasound of the lower limbs and CT angiography pulmonary.
This serious disease causes a large number of sequelae for patients who suffer from it, which is why "the complexity of venous thromboembolic disease lies in the speed of diagnosis, not only because of its importance for the lives of our patients, but also because of the high number of disabilities and health costs caused by" is how Dr. Ortega concluded his presentation.
