Emergency Clinician-Performed Compression Ultrasonography for Deep Venous Thrombosis of the Lower Extremity

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 437-445

  Kline, Jeffrey A ^a   O'Malley, Patrick M ^b   Tayal, Vivek S ^a   Snead, Gregory R ^c   Mitchell, Alice M ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Lexington Medical Center   (United States)

^c WISHARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL VEIN; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 52049125462     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.05.023     Document Type: Article

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