Central adjudication of venous ultrasound in VTE screening trials: Reasons for failure

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 457-463

  Beyer Westendorf, J ^a   Halbritter, K ^a   Platzbecker, H ^a   Damme, U ^a   Neugebauer, B ^a   Kuhlisch, E ^b   Schellong, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central adjudication; Complete compression ultrasound; Deep venous thrombosis; Thrombus burden; Venous thromboembolism; Venous ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; THROMBUS; THROMBUS LOCATION; THROMBUS SIZE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 79952048887     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2010.04166.x     Document Type: Article

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