ABSTRACT
The second group of claims is where there is a failure to treat deep vein thrombosis adequately. Whereas there is a historical precedent for not treating patients with clinical deep vein thromboses which occur below the knee, it is increasingly conventional practice to consider deep vein thrombosis below the knee as a precursor of a deep vein thrombosis above the knee, and hence a possible precursor of pulmonary emboli. Hence, it is now recommended that all patients with proven deep vein thromboses should be adequately anticoagulated.
