Pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria (PERC) rule in European patients with low implicit clinical probability (PERCEPIC): a multicentre, prospective, observational study

The Lancet Haematology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2017, Pages e615-e621

  Penaloza, Andrea ^a   Soulié, Caroline ^b   Moumneh, Thomas ^b   Delmez, Quentin ^a   Ghuysen, Alexandre ^c   El Kouri, Dominique ^d   Brice, Christian ^e   Marjanovic, Nicolas S ^f   Bouget, Jacques ^g   Moustafa, Fares ^h   Trinh Duc, Albert ⁱ   Le Gall, Catherine ^j   Imsaad, Lionel ^k   Chrétien, Jean Marie ^b   Gable, Béatrice ^b   Girard, Philippe ^l   Sanchez, Olivier ^m   Schmidt, Jeannot ^h   Le Gal, Grégoire ⁿ   Meyer, Guy ^m   Delvau, Nicolas ^a   Roy, Pierre Marie ^b   more..

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^e Centre Hospitalier de Saint Brieuc   (France)

^f POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

ⁱ centre hospitalier d'Agen   (France)

^j CENTRE HOSPITALIER VICTOR DUPOUY   (France)

^k Centre hospitalier de Le Mans   (France)

^l INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

^m HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

ⁿ OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAUCASIAN; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85033785043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3026(17)30210-7     Document Type: Article

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