TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Deep Vein Thrombosis A1 - Tortorich, Amy A1 - Gens, David R. A2 - Farcy, David A. A2 - Chiu, William C. A2 - Marshall, John P. A2 - Osborn, Tiffany M. PY - 2016 T2 - Critical Care Emergency Medicine, 2e AB - In the United States, it is estimated that roughly 100 per 100,000 people per year experience a first-time venous thromboembolism (VTE). Of these cases, two-thirds are caused by deep vein thrombosis (DVT).1 Much literature has been devoted to the occurrence of VTE in hospitalized patients who are ill or recovering from a surgical procedure. However, many patients present as outpatients to the emergency room with symptoms related to their VTE. This chapter focuses on the current practices for evaluation and diagnosis of DVT and hopes to help guide the emergency physician through the current evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for antithrombotic and thrombolytic therapy.2,3 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135702601 ER -