Background: Up to 90% of patients referred for ultrasonography with suspected deep venous
thrombosis (DVT) of the leg do not have the disease. Objective: To evaluate the safety and …

PURPOSE The Wells rule is widely used for clinical assessment of patients with suspected
deep vein thrombosis (DVT), especially in the secondary care setting. Recently a new clinical …

BACKGROUND Point-of-care D-dimer tests have recently been introduced to enable rapid
exclusion of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) without the need to refer a patient for …

In primary care, the physician has to decide which patients with a suspicion of deep vein
thrombosis (DVT) have to be referred for further diagnostic work-up. Accurate referral is of …

Recently, a diagnostic score was developed to safely exclude deep-vein thrombosis (DVT)
in primary care. A large prospective study, in which general practitioners used this diagnostic …

Dear Sir, Deepvenousthrombosis (DVT) isaseriousandcommondisease (1). When left
untreated, it is associated with an increased risk of pulmonary embolism, whereas false positive …

Background In secondary care the Wells clinical decision rule (CDR) combined with a
quantitative D-dimer test can exclude pulmonary embolism (PE) safely. The introduction of point-of…

Background: Recently, a simple diagnostic rule was developed for general practitioners to
safely discriminate patients unlikely to have DVT from patients with an increased risk of DVT. …

Background: The timely diagnosis of DVT is critical because this disorder can be life
threatening. However, referring all patients suspected of DVT for ultrasound testing is inefficient …

Purpose: To assess the frequency and the management of alternative diagnoses in association
with clinical symptoms, risk factors for thrombosis and strategy outcomes in patients after …