Is it DVT? Wells score and D-dimer may avert costly workup

dc.contributor.author	Schumann, Sarah-Anne	eng
dc.contributor.author	Ewigman, Bernard	eng
dc.contributor.other	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.date.issued	2007	eng
dc.description.abstract	Use a combination of Wells score and D-dimer test to exclude deep vein thrombosis in low- to intermediate-risk outpatients with suggestive symptoms. Stength of recommendation (SOR) A: B ased on one good meta-analysis.	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5408
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Priority Updates to Research Literature (PURLs) (2007)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri-Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of family practice, 56, no. 12 (December 2007): 1010-1012.	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Impedance plethysmography	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Thrombophlebitis -- Diagnosis	eng
dc.subject.other	Deep vein thrombosis	eng
dc.subject.other	Blood clot	eng
dc.title	Is it DVT? Wells score and D-dimer may avert costly workup	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

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