Wells Score for DVT Probability

 

 

 

If PRESENT Score as follows:

 


Criterion

Score If Present

Your Patient

Lower limb trauma or surgery or immobilisation in a plaster cast

+1

 

Bedridden for more than three days or surgery within the last four weeks

+1

 

Tenderness along deep venous system

+1

 

Entire limb swollen

+1

 

Calf more than 3cm bigger circumference,10cm below tibial tuberosity

+1

 

Pitting oedema

+1

 

Dilated collateral superficial veins (non-varicose)

+1

 

Malignancy (including treatment up to six months previously)

+1

 

Alternative diagnosis as more likely than DVT

-2

 

 

 

 

CLINICAL PROBABILITY OF DVT WITH SCORE
≥ 3 HIGH
1-2 MODERATE
<1 LOW