PRINTER'S NO. 1045
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
173
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY MURT, HILL-EVANS, BIZZARRO, KINSEY, BROWN,
HENNESSEY, BURNS, MILLARD, RYAN, DiGIROLAMO, LONGIETTI,
SCHLOSSBERG, SONNEY, READSHAW, ISAACSON, KORTZ, HEFFLEY,
CALTAGIRONE, NEILSON, FREEMAN, MARKOSEK, MULLINS AND SCHLEGEL
CULVER, MARCH 25, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 25, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of March 2019 as "Deep Vein Thrombosis
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Deep vein thrombosis is a condition that occurs when
a blood clot forms in one of the large veins in the body, which
may result in a fatal pulmonary embolism; and
WHEREAS, Deep vein thrombosis is a serious but preventable
medical condition; and
WHEREAS, Deep vein thrombosis occurs in approximately 900,000
Americans each year; and
WHEREAS, Complications from deep vein thrombosis take up to
100,000 American lives each year; and
WHEREAS, Fatal pulmonary embolism causes more deaths each
year than breast cancer, prostate cancer, motor vehicle crashes
and AIDS combined and may be the most common preventable cause
of hospital death in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Risk factors for deep vein thrombosis include
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