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SUBMITTER: Avula R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5965165 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Avula Roopa R Niemann Michael M Dorinzi Nicole N Robinson Kristine K Sharon Melinda M Minardi Joseph J
Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine 20170509 3
Isolated pelvic deep vein thromboses (DVT) are rare and difficult to diagnose, but they are more common in pregnant women and carry an increased risk of embolization. Pulmonary embolism is the most common non-obstetric cause of death in pregnancy. Compression ultrasound is the first-line imaging test for suspected lower extremity DVT, but it cannot usually aid in directly visualizing or easily diagnosing isolated pelvic DVT. Nonetheless, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) may provide valuable clue ...[more]