ContextOutpatients with suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT) have nonspecific signs and symptoms. Missed DVT diagnosis may result in fatal pulmonary embolism. Since many …
Background Objective testing for DVT is crucial because clinical assessment alone is unreliable and the consequences of misdiagnosis are serious. This guideline focuses on the …
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Background Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of test accuracy studies are increasingly being recognised as central in guiding clinical practice. However, there is currently no …
M Olaf, R Cooney - Emergency Medicine Clinics, 2017 - emed.theclinics.com
Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is part of a spectrum of venous thromboembolic disorders that includes superficial thrombophlebitis and pulmonary embolism. 1 DVT may be defined …
A Qaseem, V Snow, P Barry, ER Hornbake… - Annals of internal …, 2007 - acpjournals.org
This guideline summarizes the current approaches for the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism. The importance of early diagnosis to prevent mortality and morbidity …
PS Wells - Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) is an important medical problem because of the high fatality rate from PE and the large number of cases not …
PC Silveira, IK Ip, SZ Goldhaber, G Piazza… - JAMA internal …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The Wells score to determine the pretest probability of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) was validated in outpatient settings, but it is unclear whether it applies to inpatients …