ELISA D-dimer measurement for the clinical suspicion of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department: One-year observational study of the safety profile and physician's prescription

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 233-240

  Verschuren, Fr ^a   Hainaut, P ^b   Thys, Fr ^b   Elamly, A ^b   Dessomme, B ^b   Lavenne, E ^b   Reynaert, M S ^b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

D dimer; Emergency department; Outpatient; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATION; OUTPATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SAFETY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242269495     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2003.58.4.004     Document Type: Article

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