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Lower Extremity DopplerAka: Impedance Plethysmography
- Indications
- Suspected Pulmonary Embolism (intermediate suspicion)
- DVT responsible for 90% of pulmonary emboli
- Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Suspected Pulmonary Embolism (intermediate suspicion)
- Advantages
- Can be done in the office setting
- Doppler highly sensitive for deep vein thrombi
- Disadvantages
- Not sensitive for detecting thrombi in calves
Plethysmography, Impedance (C0032222) | |
|---|---|
| Definition (MSH) | Recording changes in electrical impedance between electrodes placed on opposite sides of a part of the body, as a measure of volume changes in the path of the current. (Stedman, 25th ed) |
| Concepts | Diagnostic Procedure (T060) |
| MSH | D010992 |
| English | IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGR, Impedance Plethysmographies, Impedance plethysmography, PLETHYSMOGR IMPEDANCE, RHEOGR, Rheographies, Rheography |
| Spanish | pletismografia de impedancia |
| Parent Concepts | Plethysmography (C0032221), Electrodiagnosis (C0013816) |
| Sources | AOD, MSH, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
