Direct comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of fifty protein biological markers of pulmonary embolism for use in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 795-799

  Nordenholz, Kristen E ^a   Mitchell, Alice M ^b   Kline, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological markers; Emergency department; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CALPONIN; CREATINE KINASE; CYSTATIN C; D DIMER; ENDOTHELIN 1; GELATINASE B; HERPESVIRUS ENTRY MEDIATOR; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LEPTIN; LYMPHOTOXIN BETA RECEPTOR; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL GELATINASE ASSOCIATED LIPOCALIN; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE KINASE A; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; SURFACTANT PROTEIN B; SURFACTANT PROTEIN C; SURFACTANT PROTEIN D; THROMBOPLASTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TELECONSULTATION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PROTEINS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56849117672     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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