Derivation and validation of a simple model to identify venous thromboembolism risk in medical patients

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Woller, Scott C ^a,b   Stevens, Scott M ^a,b   Jones, Jason P ^c,d   Lloyd, James F ^c   Evans, R Scott ^b,c   Aston, Valerie T ^a   Elliott, C Gregory ^a,b  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Pulmonary embolism; RAM; Risk assessment model; Risk score; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KUCHER SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT MODEL; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION STUDY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 80053387042     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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