Usefulness of D-dimer, blood gas, and respiratory rate measurements for excluding pulmonary embolism

Thorax

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 830-834

  Egermayer, Paul ^a   Town, G Ian ^a   Turner, John G ^b   Heaton, David C ^b   Mee, Amanda L ^a   Beard, Michael E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Canterbury Health Laboratory   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Blood gas; D dimer; Deep vein thrombosis; Pulmonary embolism; Respiratory rate

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATHING RATE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN TENSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0031781162     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.10.830     Document Type: Article

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