CT Pulmonary Angiography Utilization in the Emergency Department: Diagnostic Yield and Adherence to Current Guidelines

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 571-577

  Perelas, Apostolos ^a   Dimou, Anastasios ^a   Saenz, Augustina ^a   Rhee, Ji Hyun ^a   Teerapuncharoen, Krittika ^a   Rowden, Adam ^a   Eiger, Glenn ^a  

^a EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; D dimer; pulmonary embolism; Wells score

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VERY ELDERLY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84945118123     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860614543302     Document Type: Article

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