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- Title
Excluding pulmonary embolism at the bedside without diagnostic imaging: management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism presenting to the emergency department by using a simple clinical model and d-dimer.
- Authors
Wells, P S; Anderson, D R; Rodger, M; Stiell, I; Dreyer, J F; Barnes, D; Forgie, M; Kovacs, G; Ward, J; Kovacs, M J
- Abstract
The limitations of the current diagnostic standard, ventilation-perfusion lung scanning, complicate the management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. We previously demonstrated that determining the pretest probability can assist with management and that the high negative predictive value of certain D -dimer assays may simplify the diagnostic process.
- Publication
Annals of internal medicine, 2001, Vol 135, Issue 2, p98
- ISSN
0003-4819
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-135-2-200107170-00010