- ►chestnet.org PF Fedullo, WR Auger, RN Channick, KM Kerr … - Clinics in chest medicine, 2001 - Elsevier Chronic thromboembolic obstruction of the major pulmonary arteries (main, lobar,
and segmental levels) is a potential long-term consequence of acute pulmonary
embolism. Depending on the location and extent of the thromboembolic ... Cited by 512 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 23 versions
- ►iihe.org [PDF] PD Stein, SE Fowler, LR Goodman, A … - New England Journal of Medicine, 2006 - content.nejm.org Results Among 824 patients with a reference diagnosis and a completed CT study,
CTA was inconclusive in 51 because of poor image quality. Excluding such
inconclusive studies, the sensitivity of CTA was 83 percent and the ... Cited by 337 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 29 versions
- ►shouxi.net A Perrier, PM Roy, O Sanchez, G Le Gal, G … - The New England journal of medicine, 2005 - nejm.highwire.org Results Pulmonary embolism was detected in 194 of the 756 patients (26 percent).
Among the 82 patients with a high clinical probability of pulmonary embolism,
multidetector-row CT showed pulmonary embolism in 78, and 1 patient had ... Cited by 269 - Related articles - All 45 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] A Perrier, N Howarth, D Didier, P Loubeyre, … - Annals of internal medicine, 2001 - Am Coll Physicians Setting: Emergency department of a teaching and community hospital. Patients:
299 patients with clinically suspected pulmonary embo- lism and a plasma D-dimer
level greater than 500 g/L. Intervention: Pulmonary embolism was ... Cited by 263 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
- ►138.5.102.101 [PDF] D Musset, F Parent, G Meyer, S Maître, P … - The Lancet, 2002 - Elsevier PE was diagnosed in 360 (34–6%) patients; 55 had positive ultrasonography
despite negative spiral CT. Of 601 patients with negative spiral CT and
ultrasonography, 76 were clinically assessed as having a high probability ... Cited by 260 - Related articles - All 13 versions
- ►jasoncartermd.com [PDF] PF Fedullo, VF Tapson - The New England journal of medicine, 2003 - nejm.highwire.org Although the exact incidence of pulmonary embolism is uncertain, it is estimated
that 600,000 episodes occur each year in the United States, resulting in 100,000
to 200,000 deaths. 1 When the diagnosis of embolism is confirmed and ... Cited by 241 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 20 versions
A Perrier, PM Roy, D Aujesky, I Chagnon, N … - The American journal of medicine, 2004 - Elsevier A normal D-dimer level (<500 μg/L by a rapid enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay)
ruled out venous thromboembolism in 280 patients (29%), and finding a deep vein
thrombosis by ultrasonography established the diagnosis in 92 patients ... Cited by 205 - Related articles - All 10 versions
JE Dalen - Chest, 2002 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org Given the high mortality rate (30 to 35%) of patients with acute pulmonary
embolism (PE) if it is untreated (Table 1 ), therapy should be initiated when PE
is first seriously considered. The diagnosis can be confirmed by a positive ... Cited by 187 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
- ►canadianmedicaljournal.ca C Kearon - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2003 - canadianmedicaljournal.ca NO SINGLE NONINVASIVE TEST for pulmonary embolism is both sensitive and
specific. Some tests are good for "ruling in" pulmonary embolism (eg, helical
CT) and some tests are good for "ruling out" pulmonary embolism (eg, ... Cited by 181 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 25 versions
MJL Van Strijen, W de Monye, J Schiereck, … - Annals of internal medicine, 2003 - Am Coll Physicians Single-Detector Helical Computed Tomography as the Primary ... Diagnostic Test
in Suspected Pulmonary Embolism: A Multicenter ... Marco JL van Strijen, MD;
Wouter de Monyé, MD; Jan Schiereck, MD; Gerard J. Kieft, MD; Martin H. ... Cited by 174 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
