Chest Computed Tomography in the Emergency Department for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism: It's Time to Practice What We Preach

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-52

  Piazza, Gregory ^a   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ANTICOAGULATION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG DEAD SPACE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LUNG; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67349286421     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.12.001     Document Type: Editorial

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