Diagnosis of lower-extremity deep vein thrombosis in outpatients

Physical Therapy

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 729-735

  Riddle, Daniel L ^a   Wells, Philip S ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSENSUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; LEG THROMBOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKILL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 3342951745     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/84.8.729     Document Type: Review

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