A clinical decision rule and D-dimer testing to rule out upper extremity deep vein thrombosis in high-risk patients

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 148, Issue , 2016, Pages 59-62

  van Es, Nick ^a   Bleker, Suzanne M ^a   Di Nisio, Marcello ^a,b   Kleinjan, Ankie ^a   Beyer Westendorf, Jan ^c   Camporese, Giuseppe ^d   Kamphuisen, Pieter W ^e   Büller, Harry R ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical decision rule; D dimer; Diagnosis; Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ANTICOAGULATION; CANCER PATIENT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; AGED; ALGORITHM; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UPPER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84994013294     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: 18792472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2016.10.019     Document Type: Letter

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