Open AccessClinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Clinically Unsuspected Pulmonary Embolism versus Patients with Clinically Suspected Pulmonary Embolism
Author(s) -
Michal Shteinberg,
Miriam Segal-Trabelsy,
Yochai Adir,
Arie Laor,
Moshe Y. Vardi,
Haim Bitterman
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000342324
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary embolism , malignancy , tachypnea , hazard ratio , hypoxemia , retrospective cohort study , radiology , confidence interval , tachycardia
The routine use of multidetector computed tomography has led to increased detection of unsuspected pulmonary embolism (UPE), with questionable benefit for diagnosis and treatment.
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