Department of Emergency, Ospedali Riuniti Ancona, Torrette Ancona, Italy
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Deep Vein Thrombosis in Emergency Department: A Simplified Systematic Approach
Author(s): Cinzia Nitti, Francesca Riccomi, Lucia Salvi, Susanna Contucci and Aldo Salvi*
Management of patients with Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) in the Emergency Department (ED) has dramatically changed over the last 10 years in the absence of a shared management,
leading to the need of a shared consensus strategy to standardize the diagnostic and therapeutic approach in acute phase of DVT in a setting where standardization is particularly
difficult due to the volume of activity and the number of operators who alternate in the care of the individual patient. We perform a review and comment of a NGT work performed
by a panel of 5 Italian experts who developed 21 consensus statements based on available evidence and their clinical experience. Considering the best available evidence and the
longstanding clinical experience of 5 Italian EDs’ experts, the management of patients with suspected DVT to ED should be characterized by a standardized diagnostic proces.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/2795-6172.2021.5.136