Systematic review and meta-analysis of strategies for the diagnosis of suspected pulmonary embolism

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7511, 2005, Pages 259-263

  Roy, Pierre Marie ^a   Colombet, Isabelle ^b   Durieux, Pierre ^b   Chatellier, Gilles ^b   Sors, Hervé ^b   Meyer, Guy ^b,c  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LEG; PHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LEG; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; VEINS;

EID: 23244453157     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.259     Document Type: Review

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