The Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Equipment and Current Technology
4. Patient Preparation
5. Protocols
6. Sensitivity and Specificity
7. Pre-Test Probability and D-Dimer
8. Time and Resources
9. Education
10. Limitations
11. Summary and Future Directions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Varrias, D.; Palaiodimos, L.; Balasubramanian, P.; Barrera, C.A.; Nauka, P.; Arfaras-Melainis, A.; Zamora, C.; Zavras, P.; Napolitano, M.; Gulani, P.; et al. The Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis. J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 3903. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10173903
Varrias D, Palaiodimos L, Balasubramanian P, Barrera CA, Nauka P, Arfaras-Melainis A, Zamora C, Zavras P, Napolitano M, Gulani P, et al. The Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2021; 10(17):3903. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10173903
Chicago/Turabian StyleVarrias, Dimitrios, Leonidas Palaiodimos, Prasanth Balasubramanian, Christian A Barrera, Peter Nauka, Angelos Arfaras-Melainis, Christian Zamora, Phaedon Zavras, Marzio Napolitano, Perminder Gulani, and et al. 2021. "The Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis" Journal of Clinical Medicine 10, no. 17: 3903. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10173903
APA StyleVarrias, D., Palaiodimos, L., Balasubramanian, P., Barrera, C. A., Nauka, P., Arfaras-Melainis, A., Zamora, C., Zavras, P., Napolitano, M., Gulani, P., Ntaios, G., Faillace, R. T., & Galen, B. (2021). The Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(17), 3903. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10173903