What is the accuracy of emergency physician-performed ultrasonography for deep venous thrombosis?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 699-701

  West, Jason R ^a   Shannon, Andrew W ^a   Chilstrom, Mikaela L ^b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Los Angeles County ^*  (United States)

^c LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; B SCAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; META ANALYSIS; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84930039366     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.06.025     Document Type: Editorial

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