Multivariate analysis-based prediction rule for pulmonary embolism

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 267-273

  Stöllberger, Claudia ^a   Finsterer, Josef ^b   Lutz, Wolfgang ^a   Stöberl, Christiane ^a   Kroiss, Alois ^a   Valentin, Andreas ^a   Slany, J Örg ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b Krankenhaus Hietzing mit Neurologischem Zentrum Rosenhugel   (Austria)

Author keywords

Leg vein thrombosis; Prediction rule; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; HUMAN; LEG THROMBOSIS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0343484908     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(99)00180-2     Document Type: Article

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