A prospective reassessment of the utility of the Wells score in identifying pulmonary embolism

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 333-335

  Yap, Kenneth S K ^a   Kalff, Victor ^a   Turlakow, Alla ^a   Kelly, Michael J ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M; TECHNEGAS; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WELLS SCORE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TECHNETIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 35348902443     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01274.x     Document Type: Article

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