Measurement of expired carbon dioxide, oxygen and volume in conjuction with pretest probability estimation as a method to diagnose and exclude pulmonary venous thromboembolism

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 212-219

  Kline, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Hogg, Melanie ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BreathQuant Medical Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Capnography; Capnometry; Deadspace; Oximetry; Receiver operating characteristic; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CAPNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; EXHALATION; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG DEAD SPACE; LUNG EMBOLISM; NORMAL VALUE; OXIMETRY; PREDICTION; PRETEST POSTTEST CONTROL GROUP DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY VEIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIDAL VOLUME;

BREATH TESTS; CAPNOGRAPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; OXYGEN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RESPIRATORY DEAD SPACE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745208984     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2006.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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