Comparison of two clinical prediction rules and implicit assessment among patients with suspected pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 269-275

  Chagnon, Isabelle ^a   Bounameaux, Henri ^a   Aujesky, Drahomir ^b   Roy, Pierre Marie ^d   Gourdier, Anne Laurence ^d   Cornuz, Jacques ^c   Perneger, Thomas ^a   Perrier, Arnaud ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE;

EID: 0036701607     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01212-3     Document Type: Article

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