Influence of specific alternative diagnoses on the probability of pulmonary embolism

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 958-962

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

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alternative diagnosis; Probability assessment; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; PERICARDITIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN;

BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745306482     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-02-0114     Document Type: Article

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