The inter-rater reliability of the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1258-1262

  Fraga, Montserrat ^a   Taffé, Patrick ^b   Méan, Marie ^a   Hugli, Olivier ^a   Witzig, Stéphanie ^a   Waeber, Gérard ^a   Aujesky, Drahomir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Inter rater reliability; Pulmonary embolism severity index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM SEVERITY INDEX; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 78649729376     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH10-07-0426     Document Type: Article

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