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SGEM#333: Do you gotta be starting something – like tPA before EVT?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

He also works at an urgent care and a rural critical access hospital. He also works at an urgent care and a rural critical access hospital.

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Red Leg in the Heartland of America: A Rural Physician’s Approach to the Patient with a Potential DVT

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The facility does not have ultrasound (US) availability at the time of the patient’s presentation, as the sonographer comes to the hospital only 2 days a week. However, duplex ultrasonography may not be readily available at all times in rural or critical access facilities. The patient is concerned about a potential DVT.