National trends in emergency room diagnosis of pulmonary embolism, 2001-2010: A cross-sectional study

Respiratory Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Schissler, Andrew J ^a   Rozenshtein, Anna ^a   Schluger, Neil W ^a   Einstein, Andrew J ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed Tomography (CT) pulmonary angiography; Emergency department; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926629632     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12931-015-0203-9     Document Type: Article

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