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General Practitioner–Performed Compression Ultrasonography for Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis of the Leg: A Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study

Nicola Mumoli, Josè Vitale, Matteo Giorgi-Pierfranceschi, Silvia Sabatini, Renato Tulino, Marco Cei, Eugenio Bucherini, Carlo Bova, Daniela Mastroiacovo, Alberto Camaiti, Gerardo Palmiero, Luca Puccetti and Francesco Dentali; for the PRACTICUS Study Investigators
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2017, 15 (6) 535-539; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2109
Nicola Mumoli
Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Livorno, Livorno, Italy (Mumoli, Cei, Camaiti, Palmiero); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Beata Vergine di Mendrisio, Ticino, Switzerland (Vitale); Emergency Department, Ospedale della Val d’Arda, Piacenza, Italy (Giorgi-Pierfranceschi); Primary Ambulatory Care, Livorno, Italy (Sabatini); Primary Care, Porto Santo Stefano, Grosseto, Italy (Tulino); Department of Vascular Medicine, ASL Di Romagna, Ravenna, Italy (Bucherini); Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera, Cosenza, Italy (Bova); Angiology Unit, ASL 1 Avezzano Sulmona L’Aquila, Avezzano (AQ), Italy (Mastroiacovo); Primary Ambulatory Care, Pisa, Italy (Puccetti); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Varese, Italy (Dentali).
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Josè Vitale
Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Livorno, Livorno, Italy (Mumoli, Cei, Camaiti, Palmiero); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Beata Vergine di Mendrisio, Ticino, Switzerland (Vitale); Emergency Department, Ospedale della Val d’Arda, Piacenza, Italy (Giorgi-Pierfranceschi); Primary Ambulatory Care, Livorno, Italy (Sabatini); Primary Care, Porto Santo Stefano, Grosseto, Italy (Tulino); Department of Vascular Medicine, ASL Di Romagna, Ravenna, Italy (Bucherini); Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera, Cosenza, Italy (Bova); Angiology Unit, ASL 1 Avezzano Sulmona L’Aquila, Avezzano (AQ), Italy (Mastroiacovo); Primary Ambulatory Care, Pisa, Italy (Puccetti); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Varese, Italy (Dentali).
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Matteo Giorgi-Pierfranceschi
Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Livorno, Livorno, Italy (Mumoli, Cei, Camaiti, Palmiero); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Beata Vergine di Mendrisio, Ticino, Switzerland (Vitale); Emergency Department, Ospedale della Val d’Arda, Piacenza, Italy (Giorgi-Pierfranceschi); Primary Ambulatory Care, Livorno, Italy (Sabatini); Primary Care, Porto Santo Stefano, Grosseto, Italy (Tulino); Department of Vascular Medicine, ASL Di Romagna, Ravenna, Italy (Bucherini); Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera, Cosenza, Italy (Bova); Angiology Unit, ASL 1 Avezzano Sulmona L’Aquila, Avezzano (AQ), Italy (Mastroiacovo); Primary Ambulatory Care, Pisa, Italy (Puccetti); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Varese, Italy (Dentali).
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Silvia Sabatini
Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Livorno, Livorno, Italy (Mumoli, Cei, Camaiti, Palmiero); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Beata Vergine di Mendrisio, Ticino, Switzerland (Vitale); Emergency Department, Ospedale della Val d’Arda, Piacenza, Italy (Giorgi-Pierfranceschi); Primary Ambulatory Care, Livorno, Italy (Sabatini); Primary Care, Porto Santo Stefano, Grosseto, Italy (Tulino); Department of Vascular Medicine, ASL Di Romagna, Ravenna, Italy (Bucherini); Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera, Cosenza, Italy (Bova); Angiology Unit, ASL 1 Avezzano Sulmona L’Aquila, Avezzano (AQ), Italy (Mastroiacovo); Primary Ambulatory Care, Pisa, Italy (Puccetti); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Varese, Italy (Dentali).
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Renato Tulino
Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Livorno, Livorno, Italy (Mumoli, Cei, Camaiti, Palmiero); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Beata Vergine di Mendrisio, Ticino, Switzerland (Vitale); Emergency Department, Ospedale della Val d’Arda, Piacenza, Italy (Giorgi-Pierfranceschi); Primary Ambulatory Care, Livorno, Italy (Sabatini); Primary Care, Porto Santo Stefano, Grosseto, Italy (Tulino); Department of Vascular Medicine, ASL Di Romagna, Ravenna, Italy (Bucherini); Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera, Cosenza, Italy (Bova); Angiology Unit, ASL 1 Avezzano Sulmona L’Aquila, Avezzano (AQ), Italy (Mastroiacovo); Primary Ambulatory Care, Pisa, Italy (Puccetti); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Varese, Italy (Dentali).
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Marco Cei
Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Livorno, Livorno, Italy (Mumoli, Cei, Camaiti, Palmiero); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Beata Vergine di Mendrisio, Ticino, Switzerland (Vitale); Emergency Department, Ospedale della Val d’Arda, Piacenza, Italy (Giorgi-Pierfranceschi); Primary Ambulatory Care, Livorno, Italy (Sabatini); Primary Care, Porto Santo Stefano, Grosseto, Italy (Tulino); Department of Vascular Medicine, ASL Di Romagna, Ravenna, Italy (Bucherini); Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera, Cosenza, Italy (Bova); Angiology Unit, ASL 1 Avezzano Sulmona L’Aquila, Avezzano (AQ), Italy (Mastroiacovo); Primary Ambulatory Care, Pisa, Italy (Puccetti); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Varese, Italy (Dentali).
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Eugenio Bucherini
Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Livorno, Livorno, Italy (Mumoli, Cei, Camaiti, Palmiero); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Beata Vergine di Mendrisio, Ticino, Switzerland (Vitale); Emergency Department, Ospedale della Val d’Arda, Piacenza, Italy (Giorgi-Pierfranceschi); Primary Ambulatory Care, Livorno, Italy (Sabatini); Primary Care, Porto Santo Stefano, Grosseto, Italy (Tulino); Department of Vascular Medicine, ASL Di Romagna, Ravenna, Italy (Bucherini); Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera, Cosenza, Italy (Bova); Angiology Unit, ASL 1 Avezzano Sulmona L’Aquila, Avezzano (AQ), Italy (Mastroiacovo); Primary Ambulatory Care, Pisa, Italy (Puccetti); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Varese, Italy (Dentali).
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Carlo Bova
Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Livorno, Livorno, Italy (Mumoli, Cei, Camaiti, Palmiero); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Beata Vergine di Mendrisio, Ticino, Switzerland (Vitale); Emergency Department, Ospedale della Val d’Arda, Piacenza, Italy (Giorgi-Pierfranceschi); Primary Ambulatory Care, Livorno, Italy (Sabatini); Primary Care, Porto Santo Stefano, Grosseto, Italy (Tulino); Department of Vascular Medicine, ASL Di Romagna, Ravenna, Italy (Bucherini); Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera, Cosenza, Italy (Bova); Angiology Unit, ASL 1 Avezzano Sulmona L’Aquila, Avezzano (AQ), Italy (Mastroiacovo); Primary Ambulatory Care, Pisa, Italy (Puccetti); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Varese, Italy (Dentali).
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Daniela Mastroiacovo
Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Livorno, Livorno, Italy (Mumoli, Cei, Camaiti, Palmiero); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Beata Vergine di Mendrisio, Ticino, Switzerland (Vitale); Emergency Department, Ospedale della Val d’Arda, Piacenza, Italy (Giorgi-Pierfranceschi); Primary Ambulatory Care, Livorno, Italy (Sabatini); Primary Care, Porto Santo Stefano, Grosseto, Italy (Tulino); Department of Vascular Medicine, ASL Di Romagna, Ravenna, Italy (Bucherini); Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera, Cosenza, Italy (Bova); Angiology Unit, ASL 1 Avezzano Sulmona L’Aquila, Avezzano (AQ), Italy (Mastroiacovo); Primary Ambulatory Care, Pisa, Italy (Puccetti); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Varese, Italy (Dentali).
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Alberto Camaiti
Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Livorno, Livorno, Italy (Mumoli, Cei, Camaiti, Palmiero); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Beata Vergine di Mendrisio, Ticino, Switzerland (Vitale); Emergency Department, Ospedale della Val d’Arda, Piacenza, Italy (Giorgi-Pierfranceschi); Primary Ambulatory Care, Livorno, Italy (Sabatini); Primary Care, Porto Santo Stefano, Grosseto, Italy (Tulino); Department of Vascular Medicine, ASL Di Romagna, Ravenna, Italy (Bucherini); Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera, Cosenza, Italy (Bova); Angiology Unit, ASL 1 Avezzano Sulmona L’Aquila, Avezzano (AQ), Italy (Mastroiacovo); Primary Ambulatory Care, Pisa, Italy (Puccetti); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Varese, Italy (Dentali).
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Gerardo Palmiero
Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Livorno, Livorno, Italy (Mumoli, Cei, Camaiti, Palmiero); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Beata Vergine di Mendrisio, Ticino, Switzerland (Vitale); Emergency Department, Ospedale della Val d’Arda, Piacenza, Italy (Giorgi-Pierfranceschi); Primary Ambulatory Care, Livorno, Italy (Sabatini); Primary Care, Porto Santo Stefano, Grosseto, Italy (Tulino); Department of Vascular Medicine, ASL Di Romagna, Ravenna, Italy (Bucherini); Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera, Cosenza, Italy (Bova); Angiology Unit, ASL 1 Avezzano Sulmona L’Aquila, Avezzano (AQ), Italy (Mastroiacovo); Primary Ambulatory Care, Pisa, Italy (Puccetti); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Varese, Italy (Dentali).
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Luca Puccetti
Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Livorno, Livorno, Italy (Mumoli, Cei, Camaiti, Palmiero); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Beata Vergine di Mendrisio, Ticino, Switzerland (Vitale); Emergency Department, Ospedale della Val d’Arda, Piacenza, Italy (Giorgi-Pierfranceschi); Primary Ambulatory Care, Livorno, Italy (Sabatini); Primary Care, Porto Santo Stefano, Grosseto, Italy (Tulino); Department of Vascular Medicine, ASL Di Romagna, Ravenna, Italy (Bucherini); Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera, Cosenza, Italy (Bova); Angiology Unit, ASL 1 Avezzano Sulmona L’Aquila, Avezzano (AQ), Italy (Mastroiacovo); Primary Ambulatory Care, Pisa, Italy (Puccetti); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Varese, Italy (Dentali).
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Francesco Dentali
Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Livorno, Livorno, Italy (Mumoli, Cei, Camaiti, Palmiero); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Beata Vergine di Mendrisio, Ticino, Switzerland (Vitale); Emergency Department, Ospedale della Val d’Arda, Piacenza, Italy (Giorgi-Pierfranceschi); Primary Ambulatory Care, Livorno, Italy (Sabatini); Primary Care, Porto Santo Stefano, Grosseto, Italy (Tulino); Department of Vascular Medicine, ASL Di Romagna, Ravenna, Italy (Bucherini); Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera, Cosenza, Italy (Bova); Angiology Unit, ASL 1 Avezzano Sulmona L’Aquila, Avezzano (AQ), Italy (Mastroiacovo); Primary Ambulatory Care, Pisa, Italy (Puccetti); Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Varese, Italy (Dentali).
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Nicola Mumoli, Josè Vitale, Matteo Giorgi-Pierfranceschi, Silvia Sabatini, Renato Tulino, Marco Cei, Eugenio Bucherini, Carlo Bova, Daniela Mastroiacovo, Alberto Camaiti, Gerardo Palmiero, Luca Puccetti, Francesco Dentali
The Annals of Family Medicine Nov 2017, 15 (6) 535-539; DOI: 10.1370/afm.2109

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