A Patient with a large pulmonary saddle embolus eluding both clinical gestalt and validated decision rules

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 521-523

  Hennessey, Adam ^a   Setyono, Devy A ^a   Lau, Wayne Bond ^a   Fields, Jason Matthew ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH SALICYLATE; D DIMER; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MIGRAINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL CHEST PAIN; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OVARY CYST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY EMBOLISM RULE OUT CRITERIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORAX PAIN; URETER STENT;

ADULT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; GESTALT THEORY; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861532456     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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