Finding an alternative diagnosis does not justify increased use of CT-pulmonary angiography

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chandra, Subani ^a   Sarkar, Pralay K ^a   Chandra, Divay ^b   Ginsberg, Nicole E ^a   Cohen, Rubin I ^a  

^a DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84873333240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-13-9     Document Type: Article

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