Mandatory assignment of modified wells score before CT angiography for pulmonary embolism fails to improve utilization or percentage of positive cases

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 442-449

  Geeting, Glenn K ^a   Beck, Michael ^a   Bruno, Michael A ^a   Mahraj, Rickhesvar P ^a   Caputo, Gregory ^a   DeFlitch, Christopher ^a   Hollenbeak, Christopher S ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Pulmonary embolism; Radionuclide angiography

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ODDS RATIO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE ASSESSMENT; VERY ELDERLY; WELLS SCORE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 84979555055     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.15.15394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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