Is the Ordering of Imaging for Suspected Venous Thromboembolism Consistent With D-dimer Result?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 442-446

  Teismann, Nathan A ^a   Cheung, Paul T ^a   Frazee, Bradley ^a  

^a ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN AREA; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 68649089727     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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