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Upper extremity deep venous thrombosis after BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine case report
Susan Gonzalez1, David M Levine1,2
1Harvard Medical School Boston Massachusetts USA.
Abstract:
We describe a case of an otherwise healthy 60-year-old female patient who presented 6 days after receipt of the second dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 (Pfizer/BioNTech) vaccine and was found to have upper extremity deep venous thrombosis.
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Position the patient at a thirty- to forty-five-degree angle or in a semi-fowler's position. Look for the highest point of pulsation in the internal jugular vein and measure the vertical distance to the angle of Loius or sternal angle. A normal JVP is 3-4 cm above...

