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Deep vein thrombosis

Prevalence
Clinical features
Differential diagnosis
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Investigations

Impedance plethysmography

Remember

  • Impedance plethysmography can diagnose recurrent DVT in patients with a recent deep vein thrombosis. c

Why?

  • In patients with a DVT, IPG returns to normal in 95% of cases within a year (most within 9 months). c

 

Expiry date: January 2004
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   C   Ball
Reviewer   J   Ginsberg
CAT Writers   C   Ball , B   Phillips