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Does a new predictor based on risk factors improve the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis in elderly Chinese patients with hip fracture at admission?
Does a new predictor based on risk factors improve the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis in elderly Chinese patients with hip fracture at admission?
A new risk factor-based predictor may improve the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis in elderly patients admitted with hip fractures.
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May support admission DVT screening in elderly hip fracture patients; leaves open prospective validation of the predictor.
The results of this study revealed a high prevalence of DVT in elderly Chinese HF patients at admission. Moreover, the new predictor, based on risk factors, was a good method to improve the diagnosis of DVT.
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Xing et al. (2018) studied this question.
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