Patient preferences for testing for pulmonary embolism in the ED using a shared decision-making model

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 233-236

  Geyer, Brian C ^a   Xu, Maria ^a   Kabrhel, Christopher ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHARED DECISION MAKING; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84896697848     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.11.019     Document Type: Article

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