Literature search parameters marginally improved the pooled estimate accuracy for ultrasound in detecting deep venous thrombosis

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 710-714

  Kassaï, Behrouz ^a   Sonié, Sandrine ^b   Shah, Nirav R ^c   Boissel, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic studies; Literature search; Sensitivity; Specificity; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD; ULTRASOUND;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; CONGRESSES; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LINEAR MODELS; MEDLINE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBJECT HEADINGS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33744913001     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.09.013     Document Type: Article

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