Emergency evaluation for pulmonary embolism, part 2: Diagnostic approach

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 104-117

  Kline, Jeffrey A ^a   Kabrhel, Christopher ^b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; defensive medicine; diagnosis; medicolegal; pregnancy; pulmonary embolism; venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; GESTALT THERAPY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; LEG; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84933278900     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2014.12.041     Document Type: Article

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