Does the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index accurately identify low risk patients eligible for outpatient treatment?

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 710-714

  Erkens, Petra M G ^a   Gandara, Esteban ^b   Wells, Philip S ^b   Shen, Alex Yi Hao ^b   Bose, Gauruv ^b   Le Gal, Gregoire ^c   Rodger, Marc ^b   Prins, Martin H ^a   Carrier, Marc ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

outpatient treatment; pulmonary embolism severity index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84861338482     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: 18792472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2011.08.025     Document Type: Article

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