Prevalence and significance of nonthromboembolic findings on chest computed tomography angiography performed to rule out pulmonary embolism: A multicenter study of 1,025 emergency department patients

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 642-647

  Richman, Peter B ^a   Courtney, Mark ^b   Friese, Jeremy ^a   Matthews, Jessica ^a   Field, Adam ^a   Petri, Roland ^a   Kline, Jeffrey A ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Decision making; Diagnosis; Emergency department; Interobserver agreement; Multicenter; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONICS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; THORAX;

EID: 2942559227     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2003.12.021     Document Type: Article

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