Journal article
Deep venous thrombosis: clinically silent in the intensive care unit
Abstract
PURPOSE: The reliability of clinical signs and the physical examination in the evaluation of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in the critically ill is unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic properties of clinical examination for signs of DVT in a cohort of medical-surgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients using screening compression ultrasonography as a reference standard.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We prospectively …
Authors
Crowther MA; Cook DJ; Griffith LE; Devereaux PJ; Rabbat CC; Clarke FJ; Hoad N; McDonald E; Meade MO; Guyatt GH
Journal
Journal of Critical Care, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 334–340
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2005
DOI
10.1016/j.jcrc.2005.09.011
ISSN
0883-9441