Utility of lower extremity venous ultrasound scanning in the diagnosis and exclusion of pulmonary embolism in outpatients

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 547-554

  Daniel, Kurt R ^a   Jackson, Raymond E ^b   Kline, Jeffrey A ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033840863     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(00)70026-6     Document Type: Article

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