Clinical Validity of Negative Helical Computed Tomography for Clinical Suspicion of Pulmonary Embolism

Respiration

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-36

  Friera, Alfonsa ^a,b   Olivera, María José ^a   Suárez, Carmen ^a   Giménez, Nuria ^a   Caballero, Paloma ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Helical computed tomography; Pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 1242284265     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075646     Document Type: Article

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