Underutilization of evidence-based strategies in the diagnosis and treatment of venous thromboembolism among trainees

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sharma, Vibhu ^a   Koczka, Charles ^a   Fischer, Conrad ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Evidence based medicine; Medical students; Pulmonary embolism; Residents

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; D DIMER; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENT; TRAINING; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 74949124920     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.631     Document Type: Article

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