Accuracy of point-of-care multiorgan ultrasonography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Chest

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 950-957

  Nazerian, Peiman ^a   Vanni, Simone ^a   Volpicelli, Giovanni ^b   Gigli, Chiara ^a   Zanobetti, Maurizio ^a   Bartolucci, Maurizio ^a   Ciavattone, Antonio ^c   Lamorte, Alessandro ^b   Veltri, Andrea ^b   Fabbri, Andrea ^c   Grifoni, Stefano ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN LUIGI GONZAGA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFARCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG VEIN ULTRASONOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIORGAN ULTRASONOGRAPHY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE ORGAN ULTRASONOGRAPHY; SUBPLEURAL INFARCTION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; WELLS SCORE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899821920     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-1087     Document Type: Article

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