Clinical prediction rules for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 337-338

  Ferreira, Gabriela ^a   Carson, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CONTRAST MEDIUM; D DIMER;

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPIRICISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG THROMBOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 0036701682     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01255-X     Document Type: Editorial

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