Duplex Ultrasound in the Emergency Department for the Diagnostic Management of Clinically Suspected Deep Vein Thrombosis

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 216-220

  Magazzini, Simone ^a   Vanni, Simone ^a   Toccafondi, Simone ^a   Paladini, Barbara ^a   Zanobetti, Maurizio ^a   Giannazzo, Giuseppe ^a   Federico, Roberto ^a   Grifoni, Stefano ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

deep vein thrombosis; echo color Doppler; emergency ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33847188122     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.08.023     Document Type: Article

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