TY - JOUR
AU - Rampton, Jack B.
AB - Abstract Eighty-five patients suspected of having lower-extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) participated in a prospective study to test the diagnostic accuracy of four noninvasive techniques: Doppler ultrasonic flow study, electrical impedance plethysmography, the serial dilution protamine sulfate test, and an extensive physical examination. Ascending radiocontrast phlebography was the diagnostic standard of reference. We found that (1) when both Doppler and impedance examinations were positive, the diagnosis of DVT could be considered virtually certain; (2) impedance and Doppler examinations, when used in combination, were reliable screening tests capable of establishing or excluding the presence of thigh DVT; (3) physical examination and the serial dilution protamine sulfate test were unreliable screening techniques for DVT; (4) techniques other than the noninvasive methods investigated were needed to reliably detect or to exclude popliteal and calf DVT. 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TI - Noninvasive Diagnosis of Deep Venous Thrombosis
JF - Archives of Internal Medicine
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1976.03630100009005
DA - 1976-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-medical-association/noninvasive-diagnosis-of-deep-venous-thrombosis-FROF9uOp5g
SP - 1091
EP - 1096
VL - 136
IS - 10
DP - DeepDyve
ER -