The challenge of diagnosing pulmonary embolism in elderly patients: Influence of age on commonly used diagnostic tests and strategies

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1039-1045

  Righini, Marc ^a   Le Gal, Grégoire ^b   Perrier, Arnaud ^a   Bounameaux, Henri ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Clinical probability; D dimer; Helical computed tomography; Lower limb venous compression ultrasonography; Pulmonary embolism; Ventilation perfusion lung scan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LABORATORY TEST; LEG COMPRESSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; AGING; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GERIATRICS; LEG; LUNG; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

AGED; AGING; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LEG; LUNG; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 23444438717     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53309.x     Document Type: Review

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