Accuracy of clinical decision rule, D-dimer and spiral computed tomography in patients with malignancy, previous venous thromboembolism, COPD or heart failure and in older patients with suspected pulmonary embolism

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1042-1046

  Sohne, Maaike ^a   Kruip, M J H A ^b   Nijkeuter, M ^c   Tick, L ^c   Kwakkel, H ^d   Halkes, S J M ^e   Huisman, M V ^c   Buller, H R ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

D dimer; Malignancy; Previous VTE; Pulmonary embolism; Spiral CT

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645637264     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.01918.x     Document Type: Article

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