title: A nurse-led outpatient service for patients with DVT.
abstract: The traditional management of patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis required hospital admission for diagnostic investigation and anti-coagulation therapy. Since November 2001 all patients with suspected DVT at Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust have been managed as outpatients via the vascular studies unit according to agreed protocols. Audit results have shown that the service has resulted in a reduction in bed occupancy for patients with a sole diagnosis of DVT, and a reduction in the cost of managing and treating patients with a suspected DVT.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Studies Unit, Tameside General Hospital, Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust, Lancashire.
authors.forename: Shirley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Partington
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D018579:Patient Selection; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D015397:Program Evaluation; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000451:nursing*