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The Thrombosis Program and Anticoagulation Service at Children's Hospital Boston provides comprehensive treatment and long term care for patients with thrombosis (blood clots and/or an increased risk of developing thrombosis in the future ("thrombophilia"). These conditions include deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, sinus venous thrombosis (cerebral vein clots) and arterial thrombosis.
The Thrombosis Program and Anticoagulation Service is staffed by a multidisciplinary team of hematology specialists who are experts in blood clotting, genetics, and the assessment and treatment of thrombosis. The program also includes an anticoagulation service which provides ongoing monitoring and management of inpatients and outpatients on anticoagulant therapy ("blood thinners"). The service also provides anticoagulation therapy education to patients, families and community providers. Patients who require long-term anticoagulation treatment are given the opportunity to acquire home monitoring devices.
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