Diagnostic accuracy of pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Singh, Balwinder ^a   Parsaik, Ajay K ^a   Agarwal, Dipti ^a   Surana, Alok ^b   Mascarenhas, Soniya S ^c   Chandra, Subhash ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b DR S N MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c London Training College   (United Kingdom)

^d Greater Baltimore Medicine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMBASE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY EMBOLISM RULE OUT CRITERIA; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84861526999     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.10.022     Document Type: Article

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