Impact of a rapid rule-out protocol for pulmonary embolism on the rate of screening, missed cases, and pulmonary vascular imaging in an urban US emergency department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 490-502

  Kline, Jeffrey A ^a   Webb, William B ^a   Jones, Alan E ^a   Hernandez Nino, Jackeline ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SUDDEN DEATH; URBAN AREA; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEATH, SUDDEN; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RESPIRATORY DEAD SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 7044237588     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.03.018     Document Type: Article

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