Safety of withholding anticoagulation in pregnant women with suspected deep vein thrombosis following negative serial compression ultrasound and iliac vein imaging

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Chan, Wee Shian ^a   Spencer, Frederick A ^a   Lee, Agnes Y Y ^b   Chunilal, Sanjeev ^c   Douketis, James D ^a   Rodger, Marc ^d   Ginsberg, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPRESSION ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; LEG THROMBOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875188115     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.120895     Document Type: Article

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