title: Clinical prediction of lower limb deep vein thrombosis in symptomatic hospitalized patients.
abstract: We evaluated two clinical scores for the prediction of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in hospitalized patients (Wells' and Kahn's). We included 273 patients referred to the vascular exploration unit for the suspicion of DVT. A clinical questionnaire was tilled in by the practitioner and the scores were calculated from this form. 66 of the 273 patients had a DVT. When Wells' score was 3, a DVT was found by duplex echography in 51% patients; when the score was 0, a DVT was found in 9%. Kahn's score was not adapted to this population. We then developed a new simple score (cancer, palsy or plaster immobilization, warmth, superficial venous dilation, unilateral pitting edema, other diagnosis). A DVT was found in 76% patients with a score of 3 and in 11% in those with a score of 0. We therefore propose a 6-item score whose main advantages are simplicity and usefulness in routine practice.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine interne et Pathologie Vasculaire, Hôpital Saint-André, Bordeaux, France. joel.constans@chu-bordeaux2.fr
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Constans
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Nelzy
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Salmi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Skopinski
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Saby
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Le Métayer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morlat
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Conri
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D015588:Observer Variation; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012372:ROC Curve; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology