Prospective comparison of emergency physician-performed venous ultrasound and CT venography for deep venous thrombosis

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 354-358

  Shiver, Stephen A ^a   Lyon, Matthew ^b   Blaivas, Michael ^c   Adhikari, Srikar ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; LEG THROMBOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77649196903     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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