Safety and feasibility of a diagnostic algorithm combining clinical probability, D-dimer testing, and ultrasonography for suspected upper extremity deep venous thrombosis: A prospective management study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 451-457

  Kleinjan, Ankie ^a   Di Nisio, Marcello ^b   Beyer Westendorf, Jan ^c   Camporese, Giuseppe ^d   Cosmi, Benilde ^e   Ghirarduzzi, Angelo ^f   Kamphuisen, Pieter W ^g   Otten, Hans Martin ^h   Porreca, Ettore ^b   Aggarwal, Anita ⁱ   Brodmann, Marianne ^j   Guglielmi, Maria Domenica ^b   Iotti, Matteo ^f   Kaasjager, Karin ^k   Kamvissi, Virginia ^c   Lerede, Teresa ^l   Marschang, Peter ^m   Meijer, Karina ^g   Palareti, Gualtiero ^e   Rickles, Frederick R ⁱ   Righini, Marc ⁿ   Rutjes, Anne W S ^o   Tonello, Chiara ^d   Verhamme, Peter ^p   Werth, Sebastian ^c   Van Wissen, Sanne ^q   Büller, Harry R ^a   more..

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f Instituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

ⁱ VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^l PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^m INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

ⁿ GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^p UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^q ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; D DIMER;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL DECISION SCORE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPRESSION ULTRASONOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; D DIMER TESTING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACEMAKER; PATIENT SAFETY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS; UNITED STATES; UPPER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UPPER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84897392417     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M13-2056     Document Type: Article

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