Assessing clinical probability of pulmonary embolism in the emergency ward: A simple score

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 92-97

  Wicki, Jacques ^a   Perneger, Thomas V ^a   Junod, Alain F ^a   Bounameaux, Henri ^a   Perrier, Arnaud ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HYPOCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0035825298     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.161.1.92     Document Type: Article

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