An Evidence Based Review of Deep Vein Thrombosis

By Tony Zitek, MD
Chief, Emergency Medicine Resident

Is the superficial femoral vein really superficial? Should you anticoagulant a basilic vein DVT? Should patients with bilateral leg swelling get ultrasounds to evaluate for DVT? What is the role of bedside ultrasound in the evaluation of patients with possible DVT?

For answers to these questions and more watch the lecture embedded below.  This is one of the few evidence based reviews of this commonly encountered but often misunderstood and sometimes mismanaged condition, deep vein thrombosis.