RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Diagnosis And Evaluation Of Thromboembolic Disorders
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Practice
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 106
OP 118
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2.2.106
VO 2
IS 2
A1 Brunader, Richard E.A.
YR 1989
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/2/2/106.abstract
AB The most common types of thromboembolic disorders are lower extremity deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Since the effectiveness of anticoagulation therapy for deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism was established in 1960, knowledge of these disorders has increased rapidly. What has become clear is that the nonspecificity of symptoms and signs of these disorders has led to both overdiagnosis and undertreatment. This article presents a review of the natural history and clinical manifestations of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism and includes a discussion of their diagnostic evaluation.