Examination of hospital referral practices for CT pulmonary angiography

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 253-257

  Kiley, Cristin A ^a,b   Lowry, Kristie J ^a   Mysliwiec, Vincent ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT pulmonary angiography; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548479754     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.189     Document Type: Article

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