Towards a tailored diagnostic standard for future diagnostic studies in pulmonary embolism: communication from the SSC of the ISTH

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1040-1043

  Dronkers, C E A ^a   van der Hulle, T ^a   Le Gal, G ^b   Kyrle, P A ^c,d   Huisman, M V ^a   Cannegieter, S C ^a   Klok, F A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Karl Landsteiner Institute of Thrombosis Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOLOGY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERFUSION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD COAGULATION; CARDIOLOGY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFUSION; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 85015171809     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jth.13654     Document Type: Article

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