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.
Theophanous, R. G., Chow, V. W., Convissar, D. L., Haskins, S. C., Jones, R. A., P. Kalagara, H. K., Bronshteyn, Y. S. Point-Of-Care Ultrasound Screening for Proximal Lower Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis. J. Vis. Exp. (192), e64601, doi:10.3791/64601 (2023).