[Anticoagulant clinics are they effective in France? Performance evaluation of six anticoagulant clinics concerning the management of vitamin K antagonists].

Purpose: Recent data show that the quality of anticoagulation evaluated in patients receiving vitamin K antagonists (VKA) is not optimal in France. The aim of this retrospective study was to estimate the performances of six French anticoagulant clinics that manage VKA treatments over a 3-year period, from 2009 to 2011.

Methods: All clinics used the same rule based software.

[Excellent performances of Wells' score and of the modified Wells' score for the diagnosis of proximal or distal deep venous thrombosis in outpatients or inpatients at Toulouse University Hospital: TVP-PREDICT study].

Aim Of The Study: In order to validate a standardized strategy for the diagnosis of lower limb deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the regional university hospital of Toulouse, we decided to study the performances of Wells' score and the modified Wells' score for the diagnosis of proximal and distal DVT.

Method: Inpatients or outpatients referred to the vascular medicine department from April 2006 to March 2007 with suspected DVT were included prospectively and consecutively. Wells' score was determined for each patient and compared with the duplex ultrasound result.