Underuse of risk assessment and overuse of computed tomography pulmonary angiography in patients with suspected pulmonary thromboembolism

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1154-1160

  Perera, Michael ^a   Aggarwal, Leena ^a   Scott, Ian A ^a   Cocks, Nicholas ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

computed tomography pulmonary angiography; D dimer assay; overuse; prediction rule; pulmonary thromboembolism; risk

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DYSPNEA; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOOT EDEMA; GENEVA SCORE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG PAIN; LEG SWELLING; LOW RISK PATIENT; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; WELLS SCORE; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 85030686718     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.13524     Document Type: Article

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