Nonspecific tests for pulmonary embolism

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 943-956

  Weiner, Scott G ^a   Burstein, Jonathan L ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL GAS; CAPNOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035203383     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8627(05)70228-5     Document Type: Review

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