Nursing Assessment of Deep Vein Thrombosis

ankle edema, Homan’s sign, and Lowenberg’s sign (pain upon infla-tion of a blood pressure cuff on the calf). A positive Homan’s sign was present in 33% of those confirmed by phlebography to have DVT and in 21% of those found not to have DVT. Ankle edema, which had been associated previously with DVT, was found equally (76%) in both groups. ................
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