Diagnosis and management of venous thromboembolism: Results of a survey on current clinical practice

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-136

  Squizzato, Alessandro ^a,b   Micieli, Evy ^a   Galli, Matteo ^a   Gibson, Nadine ^b   Gerdes, Victor E A ^b,c   Dentali, Francesco ^a   Buller, Harry ^b   Ageno, Walter ^a   Venco, Achille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Slotervaartziekenhuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambulatory Care; Clinical Prediction Rule; Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products; Pulmonary Embolism; Venous Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

DATA COLLECTION; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 76449090810     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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