Cargando…
Investigation of Suspected Pulmonary Embolism at Hutt Valley Hospital with CT Pulmonary Angiography: Current Practice and Opportunities for Improvement
Aims. To study the use of CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) at Hutt Hospital and investigate the use of pretest probability scoring in the assessment of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE). Methods. We studied patients with suspected PE that underwent CTPA between January and May 2012 and...
Autores principales: | Kennedy, Nick, Jayathissa, Sisira, Healy, Paul |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2015
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4590957/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26556556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/357576 |
Ejemplares similares
-
Overuse and underuse of pulmonary CT angiography in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism
por: Raji, Hanieh, et al.
Publicado: (2018) -
Diagnostic yield of CT pulmonary angiography for pulmonary embolism in clinically suspected patients
por: Alshumrani, Ghazi, et al.
Publicado: (2021) -
Comparison of high-pitch prospective electrocardiogram-gated pulmonary CT angiography with standard CT pulmonary angiography on dual-source CT for detection of subsegmental pulmonary embolism in patients suspected of acute pulmonary embolism
por: Thakur, Rohini, et al.
Publicado: (2022) -
CT pulmonary angiography: an over-utilized imaging modality in hospitalized patients with suspected pulmonary embolism
por: Mittadodla, Penchala S., et al.
Publicado: (2013) -
Utilization of CT Pulmonary Angiography in Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in a Major Urban Emergency Department
por: Shujaat, Adil, et al.
Publicado: (2013)