Effect of patient location on the performance of clinical models to predict pulmonary embolism

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 685-690

  Ollenberger, Glenn P ^a   Worsley, Daniel F ^b  

^a REGINA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical prediction rules; Diagnostic performance; Patient location; Pulmonary embolism; V Q scan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATIFICATION; SURGICAL WARD;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTPATIENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE;

EID: 33750476687     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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