Combined use of clinical pre-test probability and D-dimer test in the diagnosis of preoperative deep venous thrombosis in colorectal cancer patients

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 396-400

  Stender, Mogens Tornby ^a   Frøkjær, Jens Brøndum ^a   Nielsen, Tina Sandie Hagedorn ^a   Larsen, Torben Bjerregaard ^b   Lundbye Christensen, Søren ^c   Elbrønd, Henrik ^a   Thorlacius Ussing, Ole ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; D dimer; Diagnostic accuracy; Preoperative; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; TINZAPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LEG SWELLING; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 38949178162     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-06-0397     Document Type: Article

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