RT Book, Section
A1 Gens, David R.
A1 Tortorich, Amy
A2 Farcy, David A.
A2 Chiu, William C.
A2 Flaxman, Alex
A2 Marshall, John P.
SR Print(0)
ID 55813683
T1 Chapter 30. Deep Venous Thrombosis
T2 Critical Care Emergency Medicine
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-162824-2
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55813683
RD 2024/04/25
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  venous  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