Rapid D-dimer testing as an adjunct to clinical findings in excluding pulmonary embolism

Thorax

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages

  Lennox, A F ^a   Nicolaides, A N ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN; OXYGEN;

ALGORITHM; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032804187     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.54.2008.s33     Document Type: Short Survey

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