The Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria rule in a community hospital ED: A retrospective study of its potential utility

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1023-1027

  Dachs, Robert J ^a   Kulkarni, Divya ^a   Higgins III, George L ^b  

^a Ellis Hospital   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80855129659     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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