Population
428 consecutive patients with symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE), mean age 59 ± 16.4 years, 52.3% men.
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Routine DVT screening in PE remains controversial; leaves open which factors should guide selective testing.
The prevalence of concomitant DVT in patients with symptomatic PE is high (70.6%), but clinical diagnosis based on symptoms is unreliable due to low sensitivity.
Hirmerová et al. (2018) studied this question.
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