Venometer - Supporting Literature
The Venometer has been the subject of many clinical trials and investigations to determine its' accuracy and reliability in different clinical settings, including Orthopaedic wards, Accident & Emergency departments, Radiology departments and Medical Assessment Units.
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Emergency Department Nurse-based Outpatient Diagnosis of DVT using an Evidence-Based Protocol
(Emergency Medicine Journal 2008; 25: 411-416)
Queen Margaret Hospital, Fife
Deep Vein Thrombosis Assessment Clinic: Evaluation of a new working practice
(Acute Medicine 2005; 4(2):66-68)
City Hospital Birmingham
The Role of Strain-Gauge Plethysmography in the Assessment of Patients with Suspected Deep Venous Thrombosis
(British Journal of Haematology 2002, 118, 600-603)
Freeman Hospital
The Use of Automated Strain Gauge Plethysmography in the Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis
(The British Journal of Radiology, 75, 2002) 649/651)
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
Diagnosing deep-vein thrombosis
(Quarterly Journal of Medicine 2002; 95: 9)
Bradford Royal Infirmary
Computer Assisted Strain-gauge Plethysmography is a Practical Method of Excluding Deep Venous Thrombosis
(Clinical Radiology, 2001, 56, 30-34)
Bradford Royal Infirmary
Venometry and D-Dimer Levels in the Investigation of Deep Venous Thrombosis - A Means of Selecting Patients Who Do Not Require Imaging
(Age and Ageing Journal, Supplement 2, Autumn 2001)
Watford General Hospital
Computer-assisted venous occlusion plethysmography in the diagnosis of acute deep venous thrombosis
(Quarterly Journal of Medicine 2000; 93:277-282)
Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Improving the Management of Suspected and Confirmed Deep Vein Thrombosis at a District General Hospital
(Poster presented at Boston FFAEM Conference, May 2000)
Homerton Hospital
An Evaluation of Emergency Department Lower Limb Plethysmography in the Diagnosis of Venous Thrombosis
(Presented at the British Association of Emergency Medicine Conference, April 2000)
Royal Sussex County Hospital
A first line tool in the investigation of deep venous thrombosis
(Unpublished Audit 2000)
Frimley Park Hospital
An Audit of Plethysmography (Venometer) used in conjunction with serum D Dimer assay as a screening method for suspected Deep Venous Thrombosis
(Poster Presentation at The Royal College of Radiologists Meeting, October 1999)
Ulster Hospital
Evaluation of Computerised Strain-Gauge Plethysmography to aid Rapid Diagnosis of Deep Venous Thrombosis
(Presented at the British Association of Emergency Medicine Conference, April 1999)
Bradford Royal Infirmary
Noninvasive screening for deep venous thrombosis after total hip replacement. A comparison of computerised strain-gauge plethysmography and liquid crystal thermography
(Journal of the Irish Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, Vol 25, No. 4, pp264-268, October 1996)
Cappagh Hospital
A practical screener for deep vein thrombosis after total hip replacement
(Hip International / Vol. 6 / n. 4 1996 / pp 140-148)
Queen's University and Musgrave Park Hospital
Computerized strain-gauge plethysmography in the diagnosis of symptomatic and asymptomatic venous thrombosis
(1994, The British Journal of Radiology, 67, 938-940)
Southmead Hospital
Reducing the Cost of Postoperative Deep Venous Thrombosis
(Journal of Management in Medicine Vol 7, No1, pp 22-28, 1993)
The Queen's University of Belfast and Brunel University
Computer Aided Screening for Deep Venous Thrombosis
(Automedica, 1991, Vol 13, pp 239-244)