Accuracy of very low pretest probability estimates for pulmonary embolism using the method of attribute matching compared with the wells score

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-141

  Kline, Jeffrey A ^a   Courtney, D Mark ^b   Than, Martin P ^c   Hogg, Kerstin ^d   Miller, Chadwick D ^e   Johnson, Charles L ^f   Smithline, Howard A ^g  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Pretest Consult LLC   (United States)

^g BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography angiography; D dimer; Decision rule; Decision making; Diagnosis; Medical malpractice; PE; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTE MATCHING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY CARE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WELLS SCORE;

DECISION MAKING; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; ROC CURVE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 76049089165     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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