Withholding anticoagulation following a single negative whole-leg ultrasound in patients at high pretest probability for deep vein thrombosis

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-85

  Stevens, Scott M ^a   Woller, Scott C ^a   Graves, Kencee K ^b   Aston, Valerie ^a   Jones, Jason ^c   Snow, Gregory ^d   Elliott, C Gregory ^a  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

management study; ultrasound; venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WHOLE LEG COMPRESSION ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84871062324     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: 19382723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1076029612445919     Document Type: Article

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