Venous thromboembolism: Potentially dangerous diagnostic pitfalls arise from diagnostic tests
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Diagnostic strategies in venous thromboembolism.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Diagnosis of acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and of pulmonary embolism (PE) is often difficult: symptomatic patients are usually investigated employing several diagnostic tests, which should be appropriately selected and sequenced, taking into account their sensitivity, specificity, safety and cost. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the performance of the new ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.364