A simple clinical model for the diagnosis of deep-vein thrombosis combined with impedance plethysmography: potential for an improvement in the diagnostic process.

PubWeight™: 1.76‹?› | Rank: Top 3%

🔗 View Article (PMID 9487327)

Published in J Intern Med on January 01, 1998

Authors

P S Wells1, J Hirsh, D R Anderson, A W Lensing, G Foster, C Kearon, J Weitz, R D'Ovidio, A Cogo, P Prandoni, A Girolami, J S Ginsberg

Author Affiliations

1: Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada.

Articles citing this

Antithrombotic therapy for VTE disease: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. Chest (2012) 10.75

The architecture of diagnostic research. BMJ (2002) 3.82

Diagnostic classification in patients with suspected deep venous thrombosis: physicians' judgement or a decision rule? Br J Gen Pract (2010) 2.12

Critical appraisal and data extraction for systematic reviews of prediction modelling studies: the CHARMS checklist. PLoS Med (2014) 1.35

Point of care D-dimer testing in the emergency department: a bioequivalence study. Ann Lab Med (2012) 1.02

Clinical prediction rules in practice: review of clinical guidelines and survey of GPs. Br J Gen Pract (2014) 0.94

Multiple ligament knee injury: complications. N Am J Sports Phys Ther (2008) 0.78

Meta-analysis of plethysmography and rheography in the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis. Emerg Med J (2006) 0.75

Understanding clinical prediction models as 'innovations': a mixed methods study in UK family practice. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak (2016) 0.75

Guidelines for anticoagulation therapy for venous thromboembolism. J Gen Intern Med (2002) 0.75

Health practitioners' perceptions of adopting clinical prediction rules in the management of musculoskeletal pain: a qualitative study in Australia. BMJ Open (2017) 0.75

Should all patients undergo postoperative duplex imaging to detect a deep vein thrombosis after varicose vein surgery? World J Surg (2008) 0.75

Articles by these authors

The long-term clinical course of acute deep venous thrombosis. Ann Intern Med (1996) 6.87

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in patients treated with low-molecular-weight heparin or unfractionated heparin. N Engl J Med (1995) 6.86

Depletion of B cells in vivo by a chimeric mouse human monoclonal antibody to CD20. Blood (1994) 6.47

Compression ultrasonography for diagnostic management of patients with clinically suspected deep vein thrombosis: prospective cohort study. BMJ (1998) 6.07

Value of assessment of pretest probability of deep-vein thrombosis in clinical management. Lancet (1998) 6.04

Definition of major bleeding in clinical investigations of antihemostatic medicinal products in non-surgical patients. J Thromb Haemost (2005) 5.92

Deep-vein thrombosis and the incidence of subsequent symptomatic cancer. N Engl J Med (1992) 5.48

Travel and risk of venous thrombosis. Lancet (2000) 5.23

A comparison of three months of anticoagulation with extended anticoagulation for a first episode of idiopathic venous thromboembolism. N Engl J Med (1999) 5.14

Management of anticoagulation before and after elective surgery. N Engl J Med (1997) 5.10

Derivation of a simple clinical model to categorize patients probability of pulmonary embolism: increasing the models utility with the SimpliRED D-dimer. Thromb Haemost (2000) 4.81

A comparison of low-molecular-weight heparin administered primarily at home with unfractionated heparin administered in the hospital for proximal deep-vein thrombosis. N Engl J Med (1996) 4.70

Differences between perspectives of physicians and patients on anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation: observational study. BMJ (2001) 4.66

Comparison of the ultrastructure of several rickettsiae, ornithosis virus, and Mycoplasma in tissue culture. J Bacteriol (1965) 4.48

Comparison of 5-mg and 10-mg loading doses in initiation of warfarin therapy. Ann Intern Med (1997) 4.47

Excluding pulmonary embolism at the bedside without diagnostic imaging: management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism presenting to the emergency department by using a simple clinical model and d-dimer. Ann Intern Med (2001) 4.19

Treatment of venous thrombosis with intravenous unfractionated heparin administered in the hospital as compared with subcutaneous low-molecular-weight heparin administered at home. The Tasman Study Group. N Engl J Med (1996) 4.10

Randomized clinical trial on the effect of coffee on postoperative ileus following elective colectomy. Br J Surg (2012) 4.01

A comparison of aspirin with placebo in patients treated with warfarin after heart-valve replacement. N Engl J Med (1993) 3.67

The Drosophila ninaE gene encodes an opsin. Cell (1985) 3.65

Oral anticoagulants: mechanism of action, clinical effectiveness, and optimal therapeutic range. Chest (2001) 3.64

Double-blind randomised trial of a very-low-dose warfarin for prevention of thromboembolism in stage IV breast cancer. Lancet (1994) 3.51

Treatment of warfarin-associated coagulopathy with oral vitamin K: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2000) 3.50

Accuracy of clinical assessment of deep-vein thrombosis. Lancet (1995) 3.45

Frequency of pregnancy-related venous thromboembolism in anticoagulant factor-deficient women: implications for prophylaxis. Ann Intern Med (1996) 3.42

Limitations of impedance plethysmography in the diagnosis of clinically suspected deep-vein thrombosis. Ann Intern Med (1993) 3.40

Upper-extremity deep vein thrombosis. Risk factors, diagnosis, and complications. Arch Intern Med (1997) 3.35

Expression of an ASCL2 related stem cell signature and IGF2 in colorectal cancer liver metastases with 11p15.5 gain. Gut (2010) 3.24

Different intensities of oral anticoagulant therapy in the treatment of proximal-vein thrombosis. N Engl J Med (1982) 3.16

Assessment of outpatient treatment of deep-vein thrombosis with low-molecular-weight heparin. Arch Intern Med (1998) 3.09

The cloned dopa decarboxylase gene is developmentally regulated when reintegrated into the Drosophila genome. Cell (1983) 3.08

Three months versus one year of oral anticoagulant therapy for idiopathic deep venous thrombosis. Warfarin Optimal Duration Italian Trial Investigators. N Engl J Med (2001) 3.07

Continuous intravenous heparin compared with intermittent subcutaneous heparin in the initial treatment of proximal-vein thrombosis. N Engl J Med (1986) 3.00

Primary infantile glaucoma (congenital glaucoma). Surv Ophthalmol (1983) 2.99

The mode of progressive disc cupping in ocular hypertension and glaucoma. Arch Ophthalmol (1980) 2.92

Warfarin sodium versus low-dose heparin in the long-term treatment of venous thrombosis. N Engl J Med (1979) 2.91

Effect of intraocular pressure on rapid axoplasmic transport in monkey optic nerve. Invest Ophthalmol (1974) 2.91

Prevent Blindness America visual field screening study. The Prevent Blindness America Glaucoma Advisory Committee. Am J Ophthalmol (1995) 2.88

Ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence postlumpectomy is predictive of subsequent mortality: results from a randomized trial. Investigators of the Ontario Clinical Oncology Group. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (1994) 2.86

Risk factors for progression of visual field abnormalities in normal-tension glaucoma. Am J Ophthalmol (2001) 2.84

Exclusion of deep vein thrombosis using the Wells rule in clinically important subgroups: individual patient data meta-analysis. BMJ (2014) 2.80

Oral anticoagulants. Mechanism of action, clinical effectiveness, and optimal therapeutic range. Chest (1992) 2.76

Hemorrhagic complications of anticoagulant treatment. Chest (2001) 2.76

Unfractionated heparin and low-molecular-weight heparin in acute coronary syndrome without ST elevation: a meta-analysis. Lancet (2000) 2.74

Detection of deep-vein thrombosis by real-time B-mode ultrasonography. N Engl J Med (1989) 2.73

A standard heparin nomogram for the management of heparin therapy. Arch Intern Med (1991) 2.69

Management of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. A statement for healthcare professionals. Council on Thrombosis (in consultation with the Council on Cardiovascular Radiology), American Heart Association. Circulation (1996) 2.69

Heparin for 5 days as compared with 10 days in the initial treatment of proximal venous thrombosis. N Engl J Med (1990) 2.63

Is it useful to also image the asymptomatic leg in patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis? J Thromb Haemost (2015) 2.62

Diagnosis and management of pulmonary embolism. BMJ (2013) 2.61

A prospective study of the value of monitoring heparin treatment with the activated partial thromboplastin time. N Engl J Med (1972) 2.60

Rapid anticoagulation using ancrod for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Blood (1991) 2.54

Comparison of idraparinux with vitamin K antagonists for prevention of thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation: a randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial. Lancet (2008) 2.50

Use of a clinical model for safe management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. Ann Intern Med (1998) 2.49

A randomized trial to assess the efficacy of surgery in addition to radiotherapy in patients with a single cerebral metastasis. Cancer (1996) 2.49

Randomised comparison of two intensities of oral anticoagulant therapy after tissue heart valve replacement. Lancet (1988) 2.44

Subsegmental pulmonary embolism diagnosed by computed tomography: incidence and clinical implications. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the management outcome studies. J Thromb Haemost (2010) 2.43

Linking structure and function in glaucoma. Prog Retin Eye Res (2010) 2.43

Immune-related disease and normal-tension glaucoma. A case-control study. Arch Ophthalmol (1992) 2.42

A comparison of real-time compression ultrasonography with impedance plethysmography for the diagnosis of deep-vein thrombosis in symptomatic outpatients. N Engl J Med (1993) 2.39

Estimates of young children's time with television: a methodological comparison of parent reports with time-lapse video home observation. Child Dev (1985) 2.38

Establishing a therapeutic range for heparin therapy. Ann Intern Med (1993) 2.31

Ultrasonographic screening before hospital discharge for deep venous thrombosis after arthroplasty: the post-arthroplasty screening study. A randomized, controlled trial. Ann Intern Med (1997) 2.28

Comparison of high-dose with low-dose subcutaneous heparin to prevent left ventricular mural thrombosis in patients with acute transmural anterior myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med (1989) 2.28

Extensive screening for occult malignant disease in idiopathic venous thromboembolism: a prospective randomized clinical trial. J Thromb Haemost (2004) 2.28

Causes of death of wild birds of the family Fringillidae in Britain. Vet Rec (1998) 2.26

Managing oral anticoagulant therapy. Chest (2001) 2.25

Platelet-active drugs : the relationships among dose, effectiveness, and side effects. Chest (2001) 2.25