Does This Patient Have Pulmonary Embolism?

JAMA

Volumn 290, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2849-2858

  Chunilal, Sanjeev D ^a,b   Eikelboom, John W ^c   Attia, John ^d   Miniati, Massimo ^e   Panju, Akbar A ^f   Simel, David L ^g   Ginsberg, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^f HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; D DIMER TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; MEDLINE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0345529975     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.21.2849     Document Type: Article

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