Pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria (PERC) in pulmonary embolism-revisited: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 701-706

  Singh, Balwinder ^a   Mommer, Shannon K ^a   Erwin, Patricia J ^a   Mascarenhas, Soniya S ^b   Parsaik, Ajay K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b London Training College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; CONTINGENCY TABLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBASE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FAINTNESS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDLINE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84882456949     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201730     Document Type: Review

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