Effect of age on the performance of a diagnostic strategy based on clinical probability, spiral computed tomography and venous compression ultrasonography: The ESSEP study

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 605-609

  Couturaud, Francis ^a   Parent, Florence ^b   Meyer, Guy ^c   Girard, Philippe ^d   Le Gal, Grégoire ^a   Musset, Dominique ^b   Simonneau, Gérald ^b   Mottier, Dominique ^a   Leroyer, Christophe ^a  

^a Universite de Brest   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^d INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Helical computed tomography; Pretest clinical probability; Pulmonary embolism; Venous compression ultrasonography of the lower limbs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 15344348264     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH04-11-0741     Document Type: Article

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