Pulmonary embolism: Are we there yet?

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-281

  Agarwal, Aanchal ^a   Persaud, Jennifer ^a,b   Grabinski, Rafal ^a   Rabinowitz, Dean ^a   Bremner, Alexandra ^c   Mendelson, Richard ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computed tomography pulmonary angiography; D Dimer; Pulmonary embolism; Thromboembolism; Ventilation perfusion scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; WELLS SCORE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84862572559     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2012.02372.x     Document Type: Article

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