Thrombosis in the emergency department: Use of a clinical diagnosis model to safely avoid the need for urgent radiological investigation

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 477-482

  Anderson, David R ^a,d   Wells, Philip S ^b   Stiell, Ian ^c   MacLeod, Bruce ^a   Simms, Martin ^a   Gray, Lisa ^a   Robinson, K Sue ^a   Bormanis, John ^b   Mitchell, Michael ^a   Lewandowski, Bernard ^c   Flowerdew, Gordon ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0033535358     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.5.477     Document Type: Article

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