Diagnosis of lower-extremity deep vein thrombosis in outpatients with musculoskeletal disorders: a national survey study of physical therapists.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Prompt identification of outpatients who may have proximal lower-extremity deep vein thrombosis (PDVT) is important, in part, because of the risk of pulmonary embolism. The purposes of our study were to determine the degree of accuracy of physical therapists' estimates of the...

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Publicado en:Physical Therapy Vol. 84; no. 8; pp. 717 - 729
Autores principales: Riddle DL, Hillner BE, Wells PS, Johnson RE, Hoffman HJ, Zuelzer WA
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Aug2004
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