Corrigendum:;The pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria (PERC) rule does not safely exclude pulmonary embolism

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 300-304

  Hugli, O ^a   Righini, M ^b   Le Gal, G ^c   Roy, P M ^d   Sanchez, O ^e   Verschuren, F ^f   Meyer, G ^e   Bounameaux, H ^b   Aujesky, D ^g  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Universite de Brest   (France)

^d ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^f CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

D dimer; Decision rule; Decision making; Diagnosis; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM RULE OUT CRITERIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDITY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 79251575325     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04687.x     Document Type: Erratum

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