Comparison of 3 clinical models for predicting the probability of pulmonary embolism

Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-114

  Miniati, Massimo ^a,d   Bottai, Matteo ^b,c   Monti, Simonetta ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ISTI CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; ROC CURVE;

EID: 15744395800     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.md.0000158793.32512.37     Document Type: Article

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