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Wells Score for DVT
The Wells score, developed by Wells et al. in 1994, is a clinical prediction rule that stratifies patients into low, intermediate, or high pretest probability of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). It combines seven clinical features to guide diagnostic testing decisions and reduce unnecessary imaging in suspected DVT patients.
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- Wells, P. S., Hirsh, J., Anderson, D. R., et al. (1994). A simple clinical model for the diagnosis of deep-vein thrombosis combined with impedance plethysmography. Archives of Internal Medicine, 154(13), 1541-1546. DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1994.00420130127014 ↗
- Wells, P. S., Anderson, D. R., Rodger, M., et al. (2003). Evaluation of D-dimer in the diagnosis of suspected deep-vein thrombosis. New England Journal of Medicine, 349(13), 1227-1235. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa023153 ↗