Comparison of a clinical probability estimate and two clinical models in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-203

  Sanson, Bernd Jan ^a,b   Lijmer, Jeroen G ^b   Mac Gillavry, Melvin R ^c   Turkstra, Franktien ^a,c   Prins, Martin H ^b   Büller, Harry R ^a  

^a Department of Vascular Medicine ^*  (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Estimate; Model; Probability; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0033950551     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613785     Document Type: Article

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