Excluding pulmonary embolism without imaging tests - Can our diagnostic algorithm be optimized?

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1203-1206

  Nijkeuter, Mathilde ^a   Tick, Lidwine W ^a   Sohne, Maaike ^b   Kruip, Marieke J H A ^c   Buller, Harry R ^b   Leebeek, Frank W G ^c   Kramer, Mark H H ^d   Klok, Frederikus A ^a   Prins, Martin H ^e   Huisman, Menno V ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; D DIMER;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 57349163085     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-06-0350     Document Type: Letter

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