Physician choices in pulmonary embolism testing

BACKGROUND: Evidence-based guidelines advise excluding pulmonary embolism (PE) diagnosis using d-dimer in patients with a lower probability of PE. Emergency physicians frequently order computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiography without d-dimer testing or when d-dimer is negative, which exposes p...

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Autores principales: Zarabi, Sahar, Chan, Teresa M., Mercuri, Mathew, Kearon, Clive, Turcotte, Michelle, Grusko, Emily, Barbic, David, Varner, Catherine, Bridges, Eileen, Houston, Reaves, Eagles, Debra, de Wit, Kerstin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Joule Inc. 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7773048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33431544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.201639

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