Wells clinical prediction rules

Indications

• predicting risk of venous thromboembolism

Management

• patients with low probability Wells score should have plasma D-dimer testing; no imaging necessary if results are normal
• patients with high probability Wells score should undergo imaging without plasma D-dimer testing

More general terms

• numerical rating scale (NRS)

More specific terms

• Wells clinical prediction rules for DVT
• Wells scoring system for pulmonary embolism