Tracking the uptake of evidence: Two decades of hospital practice trends for diagnosing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1213-1219

  Stein, Paul D ^a   Hull, Russell D ^b   Ghali, William A ^b,c   Patel, Kalpesh C ^a   Olson, Ronald E ^d   Meyers, Frederick A ^e   Kalra, Neeraj K ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MEDLINE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY EMBOLISM; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0037568182     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.10.1213     Document Type: Article

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