Differentiating Low-Risk and No-Risk PE Patients: The PERC Score

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-322

  Carpenter, Christopher R ^a,e   Keim, Samuel M ^b,e   Seupaul, Rawle A ^c,e   Pines, Jesse M ^d,e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

clinical decision rules; D dimer; evidence based medicine; pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY EMBOLISM RULE OUT CRITERIA SCORE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; OXIMETRY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 62749099578     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.06.017     Document Type: Article

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