Criteria for the safe use of D-dimer testing in emergency department patients with suspected pulmonary embolism: A multicenter US study

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 144-152

  Kline, Jeffrey A ^a   Nelson, R Darrell ^a   Jackson, Raymond E ^b   Courtney, D Mark ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LEG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036161172     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2002.121398     Document Type: Article

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