A commentary: To screen for calf DVT or not to screen? The highly variable practice among Italian centers highlights this important and still unresolved clinical option. Results from the Italian MASTER registry [4]

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 241-244

  Palareti, Gualtiero ^a,g   Agnelli, Giancarlo ^b   Imberti, Davide ^c   Moia, Marco ^d   Ageno, Walter ^e   Pistelli, Riccardo ^f   Rossi, Romina ^b   Verso, Melina ^b   Bellisi, M ^h   Bianchi, M ⁱ   Brancaccio, V ^j   Caponi, C ^k   Ciampa, A ^l   Cimminiello, C ^m   Dragani, A ⁿ   Grifoni, S ^o   Impagliatelli, A M ^p   Iovane, G ^q   Margheriti, R ^r   Musumeci, S ^s   Pini, M ^t   Pittaluga, P A ^u   Prisco, V ^v   Rupoli, S ^w   Scannapieco, G ^x   Signorelli, S S ^y   Silingardi, M ^z   Siragusa, S ^h   Virgilio, V ^y   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c Hospital of Piacenza   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

ⁱ VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k Teaching Hospital SM della Misericordia   (Italy)

^l S G MOSCATI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^m FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁿ SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^o CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^p CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^q Day Surgery Department   (Italy)

^r Ospedale GB Grassi   (Italy)

^s Ospedale Vittorio Emanuele   (Italy)

^t Ospedale di Fidenza   (Italy)

^u GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^v UO Angiologia Medica   (Italy)

^w OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^x ULSS 9   (Italy)

^y GARIBALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^z S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ANTICOAGULATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE REGISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; LEG VEIN; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LEG; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 38349161576     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-06-0393     Document Type: Letter

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