Effect of the pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria on subsequent thromboembolic events among low-risk emergency department patients the PROPER randomized clinical trial

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 319, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 559-566

  Freund, Yonathan ^a,b,r   Cachanado, Marine ^c   Aubry, Adeline ^b   Orsini, Charlotte ^d   Raynal, Pierre Alexis ^c   Féral Pierssens, Anne Laure ^e   Charpentier, Sandrine ^f,g   Dumas, Florence ^h   Baarir, Nacera ⁱ   Truchot, Jennifer ^j   Desmettre, Thibaut ^k   Tazarourte, Karim ^l   Beaune, Sebastien ^m   Leleu, Agathe ⁿ   Khellaf, Mehdi ^o   Wargon, Mathias ^p   Bloom, Ben ^q   Rousseau, Alexandra ^c   Simon, Tabassome ^a,c   Riou, Bruno ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^d AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^f Faculté de Médecine Centre Hospitalo universitaire   (France)

^g Emergency Department   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

ⁱ HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^j HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^k UNIVERSITÉ BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^m HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

ⁿ BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^o HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^p Service d accueil des urgences hôpital Saint Camille   (France)

^q BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^r Serv Urgences Vasculaires C   (France)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW RISK PATIENT; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON-INFERIORITY TRIAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM RULE OUT CRITERIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE ASSESSMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK;

ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 85041993523     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.21904     Document Type: Article

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