Systematic review of emergency physician-performed ultrasonography for lower-extremity deep vein thrombosis

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 493-498

  Burnside, Patrick R ^a   Brown, Michael D ^b   Kline, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Emergency department; Systematic review; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBASE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; LEG; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; ROC CURVE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 52049123161     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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