Derivation of a simple clinical model to categorize patients probability of pulmonary embolism: Increasing the models utility with the SimpliRED D-dimer

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 416-420

  Wells, Philip S ^a   Anderson, David R ^a   Rodger, Marc ^a   Ginsberg, Jeffrey S ^a   Kearon, Clive ^a   Gent, Michael ^a   Turpie, Alexander G G ^a   Bormanis, Janis ^a   Weitz, Jeffrey ^a   Chamberlain, Michael ^a   Bowie, Dennis ^a   Barnes, David ^a   Hirsh, Jack ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Clinical assessment; D dimer; Diagnosis; Pulmonary embolism; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ARTICLE; HEART RATE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0034063321     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613830     Document Type: Article

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