Trauma patients warrant upper and lower extremity venous duplex ultrasound surveillance

BACKGROUND: Due to the high incidence of thromboembolic events (deep venous thrombosis [DVT] and pulmonary embolus [PE]) after injury, many trauma centers perform lower extremity surveillance duplex ultrasounds. We hypothesize that trauma patients are at a higher risk of upper extremity DVTs (UEDVTs...

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Autores principales: Andrade, Alonso, Tyroch, Alan H., McLean, Susan F., Smith, Jody, Ramos, Alex
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5357875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28367009
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.201589

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