TOPIC: VIRCHOW’S TRIAD

📌 KEY POINTS:

🔹Virchow’s Triad –

• It refers to the 3 primary factors which can promote thrombus formation, these are useful to consider when thinking about the possible causes in a particular situation, and it include:

1) Endothelial injury

2) Stasis, turbulence or abnormal blood flow

3) Blood hypercoagulability. 

➡️ The list of examples of causes of each is not intended to be exhaustive :