Combination pretest probability assessment and D-dimer did not reduce outpatient imaging for venous thromboembolism in a tertiary care hospital emergency department

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-62

  Ingber, Sarah ^a   Selby, Rita ^a   Lee, Jacques ^a   Geerts, William ^a   Brnjac, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

D dimer; Quality improvement; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT; PARAMETERS; PRETEST PROBABILITY; RISK; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ALGORITHM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UTILIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84892734976     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/8000.2013.130986     Document Type: Article

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