Misdiagnosis of pulmonary embolism in patients with allergic reaction - The importance of prior probability of disease

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 115, Issue 19-20, 2003, Pages 728-731

  Janata, Karin ^a   Prokop, Mathias ^b   Schaefer Prokop, Cornelia ^b   Laggner, Anton N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergic reaction; D dimer; Pretest probability; Pulmonary embolism; Spiral CT

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; D DIMER; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0344013546     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03040891     Document Type: Article

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