Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Does this patient have deep vein thrombosis?

S S Anand1, P S Wells, D Hunt

  • 1Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. anands@fhs.mcmaster.ca

JAMA
|April 18, 1998
PubMed
Summary

Clinical assessment alone is unreliable for diagnosing deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Combining clinical factors with noninvasive tests like compression ultrasonography simplifies DVT diagnosis and management.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Prevalence and predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder in Stevens Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis.

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV·2025
Same author

Uterine cancer restaging according to the updated 2023 FIGO Guidelines does not uniformly affect prognosis: An institutional retrospective cohort study.

Gynecologic oncology·2024
Same author

Achievement of Target Gain Larger than Unity in an Inertial Fusion Experiment.

Physical review letters·2024
Same author

Determination of Residual Control and Concentration of Chlorantraniliprole in Soybean.

Journal of economic entomology·2023
Same author

Lawson Criterion for Ignition Exceeded in an Inertial Fusion Experiment.

Physical review letters·2022
Same author

Influence of Soil Moisture Zones on Rice Water Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Populations in Furrow Irrigated Rice.

Environmental entomology·2021

Area of Science:

  • Medical Diagnostics
  • Vascular Medicine
  • Clinical Epidemiology

Background:

  • Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) diagnosis relies on clinical assessment and diagnostic tests.
  • Accurate DVT diagnosis is crucial for effective patient management and preventing complications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of clinical assessment and tests for suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

Main Methods:

  • A comprehensive literature search of MEDLINE from 1966 to April 1997 was performed.
  • The review focused on the validity of clinical assessment and diagnostic tests for DVT.

Main Results:

  • Individual symptoms and signs have poor diagnostic properties for DVT (sensitivity 60-96%, specificity 20-72%).

Related Experiment Videos

  • Combining clinical risk factors, symptoms, and signs allows reliable stratification of patients into low, moderate, or high pretest probability categories for DVT.
  • This stratification, coupled with noninvasive tests like compression ultrasonography, simplifies DVT management.

    • Conclusions:

    • A clinical prediction guide incorporating history and physical examination factors, alongside noninvasive tests, streamlines management strategies for suspected DVT.
    • This approach enhances diagnostic certainty and facilitates timely treatment decisions for patients with potential DVT.