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General Practitioner-Performed Compression Ultrasonography for Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis of the Leg: A Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the lower limb represent a diagnostic dilemma for general practitioners. Compression ultrasonography (US) is universally recognized as the best test of choice. We assessed the diagnostic accuracy of compression US performed by general practitioners given short training in the management of symptomatic proximal DVT.From May 2014 to May 2016, we evaluated in a multicenter, prospective cohort study all consecutive outpatients with suspected DVT; bilateral proximal lower limb compression US was performed by general practitioners and by physicians expert in vascular US, each group blinded to the other's findings. In all examinations with a negative or nondiagnostic result, compression US was repeated by the same operator after 5 to 7 days. Inter-observer agreement and accuracy were calculated.We enrolled a total of 1,107 patients. The expert physicians diagnosed DVT in 200 patients, corresponding to an overall prevalence of 18.1% (95% CI, 15.8%-20.3%). The agreement between the trained general practitioners and the experts was excellent (Cohen ? = 0.86; 95% CI, 0.84-0.88). Compression US performed by general practitioners had a sensitivity of 90.0% (95% CI, 88.2%-91.8%) and a specificity of 97.1% (95% CI, 96.2%-98.1%) with a diagnostic accuracy for DVT of 95.8% (95% CI, 94.7%-97.0%).Our results suggest that, even in hands of physicians not expert in vascular US, compression US can be a reliable tool in the diagnosis of DVT. We found that the sensitivity achieved by general practitioners appeared suboptimal, however, so future studies should evaluate the implementation of proper training strategies to maximize skill.

SUBMITTER: Mumoli N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5683865 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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General Practitioner-Performed Compression Ultrasonography for Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis of the Leg: A Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study.

Mumoli Nicola N Vitale Josè J Giorgi-Pierfranceschi Matteo M Sabatini Silvia S Tulino Renato R Cei Marco M Bucherini Eugenio E Bova Carlo C Mastroiacovo Daniela D Camaiti Alberto A Palmiero Gerardo G Puccetti Luca L Dentali Francesco F

Annals of family medicine 20171101 6

<h4>Background</h4>Patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the lower limb represent a diagnostic dilemma for general practitioners. Compression ultrasonography (US) is universally recognized as the best test of choice. We assessed the diagnostic accuracy of compression US performed by general practitioners given short training in the management of symptomatic proximal DVT.<h4>Methods</h4>From May 2014 to May 2016, we evaluated in a multicenter, prospective cohort study all consecut ...[more]

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Project description:We evaluated a magnetic resonance venography (MRV) approach with gadofosveset to quantify total thrombus volume changes as the principal criterion for treatment efficacy in a multicenter randomized study comparing edoxaban monotherapy with a heparin/warfarin regimen for acute, symptomatic lower extremities deep vein thrombosis (DVT) treatment. We also used a direct thrombus imaging approach (DTHI, without the use of a contrast agent) to quantify fresh thrombus. We then sought to evaluate the reproducibility of the analysis methodology and applicability of using 3D magnetic resonance venography and direct thrombus imaging for the quantification of DVT in a multicenter trial setting. From 10 randomly selected subjects participating in the edoxaban Thrombus Reduction Imaging Study (eTRIS), total thrombus volume in the entire lower extremity deep venous system was quantified bilaterally. Subjects were imaged using 3D-T1W gradient echo sequences before (direct thrombus imaging, DTHI) and 5 min after injection of 0.03 mmol/kg of gadofosveset trisodium (magnetic resonance venography, MRV). The margins of the DVT on corresponding axial, curved multi-planar reformatted images were manually delineated by two observers to obtain volumetric measurements of the venous thrombi. MRV was used to compute total DVT volume, whereas DTHI was used to compute volume of fresh thrombus. Intra-class correlation (ICC) and Bland Altman analysis were performed to compare inter and intra-observer variability of the analysis. The ICC for inter and intra-observer variability was excellent (0.99 and 0.98, p <0.001, respectively) with no bias on Bland-Altman analysis for MRV images. For DTHI images, the results were slightly lower (ICC = 0.88 and 0.95 respectively, p <0.001), with bias for inter-observer results on Bland-Altman plots. This study showed feasibility of thrombus volume estimation in DVT using MRV with gadofosveset trisodium, with good intra- and inter-observer reproducibility in a multicenter setting.

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General Practitioner-Performed Compression Ultrasonography for Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis of the Leg: A Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study.

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General Practitioner-Performed Compression Ultrasonography for Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis of the Leg: A Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study.

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