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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Research Open Access Deep vein thrombosis: validation of a patient-reported leg symptom index Stacie A Hudgens*1, David Cella1,2, Carol Ann Caprini1 and Joseph A Caprini1,2 Address: 1Center on Outcomes, Research and Education (CORE), Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, 1001 University Place, Suite 100, Evanston, Illinois 60201, USA and 2Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA Email: Stacie A Hudgens* - shudgens@; David Cella - d-cella@; Carol Ann Caprini - ccaprini@; Joseph A Caprini - j-caprini@ * Corresponding author Published: 15 December 2003 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003, 1:76 This article is available from: Received: 20 October 2003. | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Deep vein thrombosis validation of a patient-reported leg symptom index Stacie A Hudgens 1 David Cella1 2 Carol Ann Caprini1 and Joseph A Caprini1 2 Open Access Address 1Center on Outcomes Research and Education CORE Evanston Northwestern Healthcare 1001 University Place Suite 100 Evanston Illinois 60201 USA and 2Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago Illinois USA Email Stacie A Hudgens - shudgens@ David Cella - d-cella@ Carol Ann Caprini - ccaprini@ Joseph A Caprini - j-caprini@ Corresponding author Published 15 December 2003 Received 20 October 2003 Accepted 15 December 2003 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003 1 76 r This article is available from http content l l 76 2003 Hudgens et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract Introduction Deep vein thrombosis DVT is a serious health problem that affects more than 2 million people annually in the United States. Many of these patients develop asymptomatic DVT but months to years later may experience symptomatic post-thrombotic syndrome PTS . It is not known how many cases of PTS can be traced to asymptomatic DVT because venography is no longer routinely done and ultrasonography US may miss some asymptomatic clots. As a result a clinical tool in addition to US to detect symptom emergence or exacerbation in patients after DVT would be of value. Methods Seventy-seven patients hospitalized with an acute DVT interviewed by telephone at 37 days 30-40 days and l2-months following discharge were included in this report. All were treated with a standard anticoagulation Clinical Pathway Protocol between April 1999 and January 2000. Using a 14-item Deep Vein Thrombosis Leg Symptom Index .

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