Evaluation of patients with suspected acute pulmonary embolism: Best practice advice from the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 701-711

  Raja, Ali S ^a   Greenberg, Jeffrey O ^b   Qaseem, Amir ^c   Denberg, Thomas D ^e   Fitterman, Nick ^d   Schuur, Jeremiah D ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^d DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^e CARILION CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MEASUREMENT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; AGE; ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84946119779     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-1772     Document Type: Review

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