Does a clinical decision rule using D-dimer level improve the yield of pulmonary CT angiography?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1059-1064

  Soo Hoo, Guy W ^a   Wu, Carol C ^a,b   Vazirani, Sondra ^a   Li, Zhaoping ^a   Barack, Bruce M ^a  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision rule; D dimer assay; Pulmonary CT angiography; Pulmonary embolism; Wells score

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959614877     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4200     Document Type: Article

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