The care of patients with varicose veins and associated chronic venous diseases: Clinical practice guidelines of the Society for Vascular Surgery and the American Venous Forum
TL;DR: The Society for Vascular Surgery and the American Venous Forum have developed clinical practice guidelines for the care of patients with varicose veins of the lower limbs and pelvis, including recommendations on the management of superficial and perforating vein incompetence in patients with associated, more advanced chronic venous diseases.
About: This article is published in Journal of Vascular Surgery.The article was published on 2011-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1162 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Varicose veins & Chronic venous insufficiency.
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TL;DR: In this article, the management of chronic venous disease is addressed in the Clinical Practice Guidelines of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) and the ESCV guidelines are presented.
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TL;DR: The Society for Vascular Surgery Lower Extremity Practice Guidelines committee reviewed the evidence supporting clinical care in the treatment of asymptomatic PAD and intermittent claudication (IC) and made specific practice recommendations using the GRADE system.
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...The Grades of Recommendation Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) framework was used for determining the strength of recommendation and the quality of evidence, as previously reported.(3) The quality of evidence is rated as high (A), moderate (B), or low (C)....
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...and later revised in 2004.(76,77) The classification is based on m linical signs of venous disease (C), etiology (E), anatomy A), and the underlying pathophysiology (P)....
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