Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH
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J. Thromb. Haemost. · Apr 2014
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyTreatment of submassive pulmonary embolism with tenecteplase or placebo: cardiopulmonary outcomes at 3 months: multicenter double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized trial.
Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) can worsen quality of life due to persistent dyspnea or exercise intolerance. ⋯ Treatment of patients with submassive pulmonary embolism with tenecteplase was associated with increased probability of a favorable composite outcome.
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J. Thromb. Haemost. · Apr 2014
Accuracy of nurse-performed compression ultrasonography in the diagnosis of proximal symptomatic deep vein thrombosis: a prospective cohort study.
Compression ultrasonography (CUS) has been recognized as the diagnostic procedure of choice for the investigation of patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT); the aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of nurse-performed CUS for symptomatic proximal DVT of the lower limb. ⋯ Our results suggest that nurse-performed CUS may be a potential useful alternative to physician performed CUS with a good accuracy. However, sensibility of nurse-performed CUS appeared suboptimal and future studies should incorporate in the evaluation of this technique other pretest tools that may increase its accuracy.