Interobserver variability in the assessment of the clinical severity of superficial venous insufficiency

Phlebology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 61-65

  Sinabulya, Helen ^a   Holmberg, A ^b   Blomgren, L ^c  

^a ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Scandinavian Venous Centre   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CEAP clinical class; chronic venous disease; chronic venous insufficiency; classification of venous disease; varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LEG VARICOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESIDENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR SURGEON; CHRONIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VARICOSIS; VEIN; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921417759     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268355513515474     Document Type: Article

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