Deep vein thrombosis testing in pregnancy: where is the evidence? Commentary on "Use of single whole-leg ultrasound to exclude suspected deep vein thrombosis in pregnant patients"

. 2023 Nov 30;8(1):102283.

doi: 10.1016/j.rpth.2023.102283. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Kerstin de Wit^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
² Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Kerstin de Wit. Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2023.

. 2023 Nov 30;8(1):102283.

doi: 10.1016/j.rpth.2023.102283. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Kerstin de Wit^{1

2}

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
² Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

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