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Two hundred eighty-one patients were available for follow-up after undergoing bilateral lower-extremity venous laboratory evaluations for possible deep-venous thrombosis. Because of a recognized difficulty with such a clinical diagnosis, the use of Doppler ultrasound and mechanical plethysmography with air-filled cuffs was carefully studied. Eighty-three of the 281 patients had confirmatory results from venography or fibrinogen scan of the symptomatic or more-symptomatic leg, and these 83 patients were used to determine accuracy. The complete evaluation as performed was accurate in 70% of the patients with suspected deep-venous thrombosis. The Doppler examination alone was accurate in 71% of the patients, and the maximum venous outflow measurement was accurate in 67% of the patients. This study indicates a continuing need for venography or fibrinogen scanning for the diagnosis of deep-venous thrombosis.
P J Schroeder, and
E Dunn
January 1980,
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P J Schroeder, and
E Dunn
June 1993,
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P J Schroeder, and
E Dunn
June 1993,
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P J Schroeder, and
E Dunn
January 1983,
Zeitschrift fur arztliche Fortbildung,
P J Schroeder, and
E Dunn
December 1982,
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P J Schroeder, and
E Dunn
January 1972,
Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Medica. Monographia,
P J Schroeder, and
E Dunn
August 2004,
Emergency medicine clinics of North America,
P J Schroeder, and
E Dunn
April 1971,
Der Radiologe,
P J Schroeder, and
E Dunn
January 1983,
The American surgeon,
P J Schroeder, and
E Dunn
January 1971,
Acta chirurgica Scandinavica,
