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Current Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism in Primary Care: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians

Amir Qaseem, Vincenza Snow, Patricia Barry, E. Rodney Hornbake, Jonathan E. Rodnick, Timothy Tobolic, Belinda Ireland, Jodi Segal, Eric Bass, Kevin B. Weiss, Lee Green, Douglas K. Owens and ; the Joint American Academy of Family Physicians/American College of Physicians Panel on Deep Venous Thrombosis/Pulmonary Embolism
The Annals of Family Medicine January 2007, 5 (1) 57-62; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.667
Amir Qaseem
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Vincenza Snow
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Patricia Barry
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E. Rodney Hornbake
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vol. 5 no. 1 57-62
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.667
PubMed 
17261865

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication May 1, 2006
  • Accepted for publication October 3, 2006
  • Published online January 29, 2007.

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  1. Amir Qaseem, MD, PhD, MHA1,
  2. Vincenza Snow, MD, MS1,
  3. Patricia Barry, MD, MPH2,
  4. E. Rodney Hornbake, MD3,
  5. Jonathan E. Rodnick, MD4,
  6. Timothy Tobolic, MD5,
  7. Belinda Ireland, MD, MS6,
  8. Jodi Segal, MD7,
  9. Eric Bass, MD, MPH7,
  10. Kevin B. Weiss, MD, MPH8,
  11. Lee Green, MD, MPH9,
  12. Douglas K. Owens, MD, MS10 and
  13. the Joint American Academy of Family Physicians/American College of Physicians Panel on Deep Venous Thrombosis/Pulmonary Embolism
  1. 1American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Penn
  2. 2Merck Institute of Aging and Health, Gloucester Point, Va
  3. 3Private practice, Hadlyme, Conn
  4. 4University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif
  5. 5Byron Family Medicine, Byron Center, Miss; American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, Kan
  6. 6BJC HealthCare, St. Louis, Mo; American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, Kan
  7. 7Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
  8. 8Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital and Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill
  9. 9University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
  10. 10Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University, Stanford, Calif
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Amir Qaseem, MD, PhD, MHA, American College of Physicians, 190 N Independence Mall West Philadelphia, PA 19106, aqaseem{at}acponline.org

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The Annals of Family Medicine Jan 2007, 5 (1) 57-62; DOI: 10.1370/afm.667

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