Is "PERC negative" adequate to rule out pulmonary embolism in the emergency department? Evaluating meta-analysis for studies of clinical prediction models

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 129-131

  Self, Wesley H ^a   Barrett, Tyler W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; ENOXAPARIN; RIVAROXABAN; WARFARIN;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; META ANALYSIS; NOTE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY EMBOLISM RULE OUT CRITERIA; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84862639330     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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