Effect of age on the assessment of clinical probability of pulmonary embolism by prediction rules [9]

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1206-1208

  Righini, Marc ^a   Le Gal, G ^a   Perrier, A ^a   Bounameaux, H ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LETTER; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATABASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 13244298170     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2004.00832.x     Document Type: Letter

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