Ultrasound diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 775-796

  Tracy, Jason A ^a   Edlow, Jonathan A ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ALLERGIC REACTION; BLOOD CLOTTING; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRAVASATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; LEG; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPH NODE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBITIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POPLITEAL CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3843080808     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2004.04.008     Document Type: Review

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