PERC rule to exclude the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in emergency low-risk patients: Study protocol for the PROPER randomized controlled study

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Freund, Yonathan ^a,b   Rousseau, Alexandra ^c   Guyot Rousseau, France ^c   Claessens, Yann Erick ^d   Hugli, Olivier ^e   Sanchez, Olivier ^f   Simon, Tabassome ^a,c   Riou, Bruno ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER PRINCESSE GRACE   (Monaco)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW RISK PATIENT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM RULE OUT CRITERIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE ASSESSMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FRANCE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84947923030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-1049-7     Document Type: Article

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