Also known as veinitis, vein inflammation
Phlebitis (or venitis) is inflammation of a vein, usually in the legs. It most commonly occurs in superficial veins. Phlebitis often occurs in conjunction with thrombosis (clotting inside blood vessels) and is then called thrombophlebitis or superficial thrombophlebitis. Unlike deep vein thrombosis, the probability that superficial thrombophlebitis will cause a clot to break up and be transported in pieces to the lung is very low.
Key facts
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- Phlebitis
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- Veins in the popliteal area
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Research
28,639 papers- The incidence and risk of infusion phlebitis with peripheral intravenous catheters: A meta-analysis.The journal of vascular access · 2020
- Phlebitis in Veterinary Patients.Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2001) · 2025
- Phlebitis in Intravenous Amiodarone Administration: Incidence and Contributing Factors.Critical care nurse · 2019
- Phlebitis.The American journal of nursing · 2003
- Takayasu phlebitis.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2020
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- Phlebitis
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C38003
- health specialty
- phlebology
- ICPC 2 ID
- K94
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000356
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- fondaparinux
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- WikiProject Medicine
- symptoms and signs
- inflammation
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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