Venous Thromboembolism: Role of Ultrasound in Diagnostic Imaging for DVT in Trauma
Published 2002
Published 2002
Duplex ultrasound may be used to diagnose symptomatic trauma patients with suspected DVT without confirmatory venography.
A Level II recommendations cannot be supported on this topic because of insufficient data.
Serial duplex ultrasound imaging of high-risk asymptomatic trauma patients to screen for DVT may be cost-effective and may decrease the incidence of PE.[15][85-90]However, the use of ultrasound in screening asymptomatic patients is burdened by a low sensitivity when compared with venography.