Point-Of-Care Ultrasound Screening for Proximal Lower Extremity Deep Venous ThrombosisRebecca G. Theophanous 1, Vinca W. Chow 2, David L. Convissar 3, Stephen C. Haskins 4,5, Robert A. Jones 6, Hari K. P. Kalagara 7, Yuriy S. Bronshteyn 8
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, 2Department of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 3Department of Anesthesiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 4Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Management, Hospital for Special Surgery, 5Department of Anesthesiology, Weill-Cornell Medical College, 6Department of Emergency Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, 7Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, 8Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine
Traditionally, lower extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is diagnosed by radiology-performed venous duplex ultrasound. Providers appropriately trained in focused point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can perform a rapid bedside examination with high sensitivity and specificity in critically ill patients. We describe the scanning technique for focused POCUS DVT lower extremity examination.
