Using Clinical Evaluation and Lung Scan to Rule Out Suspected Pulmonary Embolism
Author(s) -
Arnaud Perrier,
MarieJosé Miron,
Sylvie Desmarais,
Philippe de Moerloose,
Daniel O. Slosman,
Dominique Didier,
Pierre-François Unger,
A. Junod,
JeanVictor Patenaude,
Henri Bounameaux
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.160.4.512
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary embolism , pulmonary angiography , confidence interval , radiology , emergency department , pre and post test probability , deep vein , cohort , lung , thrombosis , psychiatry
In patients with a low clinical probability of pulmonary embolism (PE) and a nondiagnostic lung scan, the prevalence of PE is theoretically very low. We assessed the safety and usefulness of this association for ruling out PE.
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