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Skórovací systémy u tromboembolické nemoci

Title in English Scoring systems for venous thromboembolic disease
Authors

HLÁSENSKÝ Jiří MIHALOVÁ Zuzana ŠPINAR Jindřich LUDKA Ondřej

Year of publication 2015
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Kardiologická revue - Interní medicína
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Cardiovascular diseases incl. cardiosurgery
Keywords thromboembolic disease; deep venous thrombosis; pulmonary embolism; Padua prediction score; Caprini score; Wells Score; Wicki score; Geneva score; Kline algorithm; PESI; sPESI
Description Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism are severe clinical manifestations of venous thromboembolic disease affecting more than 1.5 million Europeans each year; one third of these patients die. The most disturbing fact is that 90% of these patients suffer from sudden embolism with no proven pre-existing source of pulmonary embolism. This is the main reason supporting the development of preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic methods for venous thromboembolic disease, including score systems and clinical algorithms for various groups of patients.

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