- ►iihe.org [PDF] PD Stein, SE Fowler, LR Goodman, A … - New England Journal …, 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 specificity was 96 percent. Positive predictive values were ... Cited by 351 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 29 versions
P Page, MO Measure, A Conclusions - Jama, 2006 - internet-extra.vumc.nl Writing Group for the Christopher Study Investigators* THE MAIN CHALLENGE IN THE DI- agnostic
workup of patients with clinically suspected pul- monary embolism is to accu- rately and rapidly
distinguish the ap- proximately 25% of patients who have the disease and require ... Cited by 147 - Related articles - All 15 versions
- ►nejm.org VF Tapson - Cardiology clinics, 2004 - Elsevier Pulmonary embolism (PE) occurs when venous thrombosis, usually from the deep veins of the
proximal legs, travels to the lungs causing a potential spectrum of consequences, including
dyspnea, chest pain, hypoxemia, and sometimes death. Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) ... Cited by 114 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 29 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] C Kearon, JS Ginsberg, J Douketis, AG … - Annals of internal …, 2006 - Am Coll Physicians Clive Kearon, MB, PhD; Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, MD; James Douketis, MD; Alexander G. Turpie,
MB; Shannon M. Bates, MDCM; Agnes Y. Lee, MD; Mark A. Crowther, MD; Jeffrey I. Weitz,
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CR Weiss, JC Scatarige, GB Diette, EF Haponik, B … - Academic radiology, 2006 - Elsevier Completed questionnaires were received from 240 of 806 eligible participants (29.8%) practicing
in 44 states: 86.7% of respondents believed that computed tomographic pulmonary angiography
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G Le Gal, M Righini, F Parent, M Van … - … of Thrombosis and …, 2006 - interscience.wiley.com Summary. Introduction: Although the advent of multi-detector row computed tomography
(CT) has enabled better visualization of subsegmental pulmonary (SSP) arteries, SSP embolism
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- ►amuse-2.nl [PDF] PS Wells - Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis, 2006 - Springer Abstract. This review summarizes recent information about the diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis
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- ►nih.gov K Hogg, G Brown, J Dunning, J Wright, S Carley, B … - British Medical …, 2006 - emj.bmj.com Methods: Medline, EMBASE, and grey literature were systematically searched by two
researchers. Any study which compared CT pulmonary angiography to an acceptable reference
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C Kabrhel, AT McAfee, SZ Goldhaber - Academic Emergency Medicine, 2005 - Elsevier BACKGROUND: Clinicians frequently use their experience to determine the pretest probability
of pulmonary embolism (PE), although scoring systems are promoted as being more
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MJHA Kruip, M Söhne, M Nijkeuter, HM Kwakkel- … - IMPROVING THE … - publishing.eur.nl 70 Chapter 5 ABSTRACT Objectives Diagnostic strategies in patients with suspected pulmonary
embolism have been extensively studied in outpatients; their value in hospitalized patients has
not been well established. Our aim was to determine the safety and clinical utility of a ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 8 versions
