Prospective Study of the Clinical Features and Outcomes of Emergency Department Patients with Delayed Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 592-598

  Kline, Jeffrey A ^a   Hernandez Nino, Jackeline ^a   Jones, Alan E ^a   Rose, Geoffrey A ^a   Norton, H James ^a   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

differential diagnosis; insurance; liability; malpractice; screening; thromboembolism; X ray diagnosis

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; INTUBATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; SHOCK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TROPONIN I; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 34250680985     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.03.1356     Document Type: Article

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