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Wells clinical prediction rules

Indications: - predicting risk of venous thromboembolism Management: - patients with low probability Wells score should have plasma D-dimer testing; no imaging necessary if results are normal - patients with high probability Wells score should undergo imaging without plasma D-dimer testing

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Wells clinical prediction rules for DVT Wells scoring system for pulmonary embolism

General

numerical rating scale (NRS)

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15, 17, 18. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009, 2015, 2018.