PERC bleeding risk calculation and resultant test threshold may be inappropriate

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 585-586

  Madsen, Troy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ANEMIA; ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LETTER; LOW RISK PATIENT; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY EMBOLISM RULE OUT CRITERIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

AGE FACTORS; ANTICOAGULANTS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78049477298     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.04.033     Document Type: Letter

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