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Venous thromboembolisim (VTE) accounts for a sizable workload in health care [1]. Apart from its significant mortality impact, its non-fatal events still impose great pressure on the health service.

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  1. Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Ynysmaerdy, Llantrisant, CF728XR, Wales, UK

    Eugene Tabiowo

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  1. Intensive Care Unit, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, Berkshire, UK

    Andrew Walden

  2. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham, UK

    Andrew Campbell

  3. Department of Anaesthetics, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Shrewsbury, UK

    Ashley Miller

  4. Adult Critical Care, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK

    Matthew Wise

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Tabiowo, E. (2022). Venous Sonography. In: Walden, A., Campbell, A., Miller, A., Wise, M. (eds) Ultrasound in the Critically Ill. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71742-1_15

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