Practical utility of clinical prediction rules for suspected acute pulmonary embolism in a large academic institution

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Moores, Lisa K ^a,b   Collen, Jacob F ^b   Woods, Kevin M ^a   Shorr, Andrew F ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

CI; Computed tomography pulmonary angiography; Confidence interval; CTPA; Deep venous thrombosis; DVT; PE; Pretest probability; PTP; Pulmonary embolism; Scoring models; V Q; Venous thromboembolism; Ventilation perfusion; VTE

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 1842636905     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2004.01.011     Document Type: Article

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