Wells Criteria for DVT

Description

• What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification…

History

Associated Persons

• Philip Steven Wells

Alternative names

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Controversies

• Did they first describe or popularise or plagiarise?

References

• Wells PS, Anderson DR, Rodger M, Stiell I, Dreyer JF, Barnes D, Forgie M, Kovacs G, Ward J, Kovacs MJ. Excluding pulmonary embolism at the bedside without diagnostic imaging: management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism presenting to the emergency department by using a simple clinical model and d-dimer. Ann Intern Med. 2001 Jul 17;135(2):98-107. [PMID 11453709] [Wells criteria]
• Wolf SJ, McCubbin TR, Feldhaus KM, Faragher JP, Adcock DM. Prospective validation of Wells Criteria in the evaluation of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. Ann Emerg Med. 2004 Nov;44(5):503-10. [PMID 15520710] [Wells criteria – validation]
• MDCalc. Wells Criteria for Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)