Volumetric or time-based capnography for excluding pulmonary embolism in outpatients?

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-67

  Verschuren, F ^a   Sanchez, O ^b   Righini, M ^c   Heinonen, E ^d   Le Gal, G ^e   Meyer, G ^b   Perrier, A ^c   Thys, F ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d GE Healthcare Finland Oy   (Finland)

^e BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Capnography; CO2; Diagnosis; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAPNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG DEAD SPACE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL VALUE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPNOGRAPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RESPIRATORY DEAD SPACE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73049086455     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2009.03667.x     Document Type: Article

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