[Clinical appearance and diagnostic tools in suspected deep-vein thrombosis].
Deep-vein thrombosis is a severe systemic disorder with high socio-economic impact. Because the clinical findings are not as typical as the classical diagnostic signs would suggest, different score-systems have been established to assess the pre-test-probability. Among the frequently used screening methods the D-Dimer-test seems to be most successful. Compression-ultrasound seems to replace the x-ray phlebography, used up to now as a "golden standard", to prove a suspected diagnosis. A standardized algorithm may be helpful in increasing the validity and precision of diagnostic tools.
Mayer
Wolfgang
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Dermatologische Abteilung, Wilhelminenspital der Stadt Wien, Wien, Osterreich. wolfgang.mayer@wienkav.at
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010690:Phlebography; D011336:Probability; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*
D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products; C036309:fibrin fragment D