Critical appraisal of the diagnostics of 270 consecutive cases of suspected venous thromboembolism and established consequences at a non-university center

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 131, Issue 45-46, 2001, Pages 653-658

  Lukaschek, Johannes ^a   Schmid, Hans Rudolf ^a   Vorburger, Christian ^a   Beer, Jürg H ^a  

^a Cantonal Hospital Baden   (Austria)

Author keywords

D dimer; Deep vein thrombosis; Pulmonary embolism; Spiral computed tomography; V Q scan; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035712406     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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