Bedside end-tidal CO2 tension as a screening tool to exclude pulmonary embolism

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 735-741

  Hemnes, A R ^a   Newman, A L ^a   Rosenbaum, B ^b   Barrett, T W ^a   Zhou, C ^c   Rice, T W ^a   Newman, J H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

End tidal carbon dioxide; Prediction model; Pulmonary embolism; Sensitivity; Specificity; Wells score

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; WELLS SCORE;

ADULT; AGED; BREATH TESTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY DEAD SPACE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951195263     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00084709     Document Type: Article

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