Accuracy of compression ultrasound in screening for deep venous thrombosis in acutely ill medical patients

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-194

  Tomkowski, Witold Z ^a   Davidson, Bruce L ^b   Wisniewska, Joanna ^a   Malek, Grzegorz ^a   Kober, Jaroslaw ^a   Kuca, Pawel ^a   Burakowska, Barbara ^a   Oniszch, Karina ^a   Gallus, Alexander ^c   Lensing, Anthonie W A ^d  

^a NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute ^*  (Australia)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compression ultrasound (CUS); Deep vein thrombosis (DVT); Venography; Venous thromboemlism (VTE)

Indexed keywords

FONDAPARINUX;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SATISFACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEG; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33947504468     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-10-0601     Document Type: Article

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