A practical noninvasive diagnostic approach to acute venous thromboembolism in the emergency department

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Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-130+158

  Rubinshtein, Ronen ^a   Keynan, Yoav ^a   Bitterman, Haim ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

D Dimer; Deep venous thrombosis (DVT); Diagnosis; Pulmonary embolism (PE); Venous thromboembolism (VTE)

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBOLISM; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; PHLEBOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0037325517     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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