Excluding pulmonary embolism at the bedside without diagnostic imaging: Management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism presenting to the emergency department by using a simple clinical model and D-dimer

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 98-107

  Wells, P S ^a   Anderson, D R ^a   Rodger, M ^a   Stiell, I ^a   Dreyer, J F ^a   Barnes, D ^a   Forgie, M ^a   Kovacs, G ^a   Ward, J ^a   Kovacs, M J ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 0035902631     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-135-2-200107170-00010     Document Type: Article

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