A decision analysis to determine a testing threshold for computed tomographic angiography and d-dimer in the evaluation of aortic dissection

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1047-1055

  Taylor, R Andrew ^a   Iyer, Neel S ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84880039131     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.03.039     Document Type: Article

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