The diagnostic role of capnography in pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 460-465

  Kurt, Ozlem Kar ^a   Alpar, Sibel ^a   Sipit, Tugrul ^a   Guven, Selma Firat ^a   Erturk, Hakan ^a   Demirel, Mikail Koray ^b   Korkmaz, Meliha ^b   Hayran, Mutlu ^c   Kurt, Bahar ^d  

^a Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Ankara Teaching and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPNOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEG SWELLING; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951902589     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.01.031     Document Type: Article

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