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- Title
Withholding anticoagulation after a negative result on duplex ultrasonography for suspected symptomatic deep venous thrombosis.
- Authors
Stevens, Scott M; Elliott, C Gregory; Chan, Karen J; Egger, Marlene J; Ahmed, Kirmanj M
- Abstract
Negative results on simplified compression ultrasonography cannot rule out symptomatic deep venous thrombosis (DVT) without further testing, such as repeated ultrasonography several days later. Repeated testing is costly and inconvenient, and patients are sometimes less likely to return for follow-up tests.
- Publication
Annals of internal medicine, 2004, Vol 140, Issue 12, p985
- ISSN
1539-3704
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-140-12-200406150-00007