Comparison of risk assessment strategies for not-high-risk pulmonary embolism

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1170-1178

  Hobohm, Lukas ^a   Hellenkamp, Kristian ^b   Hasenfuß, Gerd ^b,c   Münzel, Thomas ^a,d   Konstantinides, Stavros ^a   Lankeit, Mareike ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c German Cardiovascular Research Center   (Germany)

^d DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) partner site Rhine Main   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; FONDAPARINUX; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; RIVAROXABAN; TROPONIN T; FABP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

2008 EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY ALGORITHM; 2014 EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY ALGORITHM; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BOVA SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE RISK PATIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW RISK PATIENT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MODIFIED FAST SCORE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 84964078745     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01605-2015     Document Type: Article

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