CAN LABORATORY TESTING IMPROVE SCREENING STRATEGIES FOR DEEP-VEIN THROMBOSIS AT AN EMERGENCY UNIT

Authors
HANSSON PO ERIKSSON H ERIKSSON E JAGENBURG R LUKES P RISBERG B
Citation
Po. Hansson et al., CAN LABORATORY TESTING IMPROVE SCREENING STRATEGIES FOR DEEP-VEIN THROMBOSIS AT AN EMERGENCY UNIT, Journal of internal medicine, 235(2), 1994, pp. 143-151
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Journal of internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09546820
Volume
235
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
143 - 151
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-6820(1994)235:2<143:CLTISS>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Objectives. To study various markers of blood coagulation and fibrinol ysis in relation to the extension of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and t o compare the diagnostic usefulness of these markers as screening test s for excluding DVT. Design. A clinical study of patients admitted to an emergency unit.