Active implementation of a consensus strategy improves diagnosis and management in suspected pulmonary embolism

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 335-340

  Berghout, A ^a   Oudkerk, M ^b   Hicks, S G ^d   Teng, T H ^a   Pillay, M ^b   Buller H R ^c  

^a Zuiderziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Zuiderziekenhuis ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG VEIN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0034130397     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/93.6.335     Document Type: Article

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