Lavery, J (2021) Clinical assessment of the leg for a suspected deep vein thrombosis. Nursing Times [online], 117 (5). pp. 18-21. ISSN 0954-7762

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Abstract

Nurses will increasingly have to identify and assess for deep vein thrombosis in both primary and secondary care, and so they need the skills to assess the clinical risk of the patient. This article explains how to: understand deep vein thrombosis in terms of its associated risk factors, use the two-level Wells score for estimating a patient’s risk, and carry out a leg assessment for a suspected deep vein thrombosis

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This manuscript that it is not the final, published version of the article. This can be found at: https://www.nursingtimes.net/clinical-archive/haematology/clinical-assessment-of-the-leg-for-a-suspected-deep-vein-thrombosis-12-04-2021/
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RT Nursing
Divisions:	Nursing & Allied Health
Publisher:	EMAP
Date Deposited:	21 Apr 2021 10:43
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 05:35
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14819

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