Performance of wells score for deep vein thrombosis in the inpatient setting

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1112-1117

  Silveira, Patricia C ^a   Ip, Ivan K ^a   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^a   Piazza, Gregory ^a   Benson, Carol B ^a   Khorasani, Ramin ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; WELLS SCORE; AGED; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

AGED; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84937459738     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.1687     Document Type: Article

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