Algorithm safely rules out pulmonary embolism in pregnant women
1. A diagnostic model based on D-dimer measurement, lower limb compression ultrasonography (CUS) and computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) accurately ...
Tag: pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria non-inferior to usual care for patients at low-risk for pulmonary embolism
1. In this multicenter, randomized controlled study, the Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria (PERC) was not associated with an inferior rate ...
Low prevalence of pulmonary embolism among patients with syncope
1. Based on this retrospective cohort study from multiple countries, the prevalence of pulmonary embolism among patients presenting to the ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind May 29, 2017
Simplified diagnostic management of suspected pulmonary embolism (the YEARS study): a prospective, multicentre cohort study The clinical diagnosis of pulmonary ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind May 29, 2017
Simplified diagnostic management of suspected pulmonary embolism (the YEARS study): a prospective, multicentre cohort study The clinical diagnosis of pulmonary ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind October 24, 2016
Prevalence of pulmonary embolism among patients hospitalized for syncope The differential diagnosis for syncope is long and involves multiple ...
Frequency of pulmonary embolism amongst patients admitted for first-time syncope
1. Pulmonary embolism was found in 17.3% of patients admitted for first episodes of syncope. 2. For admitted patients with ...
ACP releases practice guidelines for the evaluation of suspected acute pulmonary embolism
1. According to the best practice guidelines from the American College of Physicians, clinical risk-stratification tools and sensitive D-dimer tests ...
High rates of over-diagnosis of pulmonary embolism by CT angiography
1. In a retrospective review of over 900 CT pulmonary angiography (CTA) studies in a single tertiary-care institution, image reinterpretation ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind July 6 – July 12, 2015
Nivolumab versus Docetaxel in Advanced Squamous-Cell Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Cancer immunotherapy seeks to up regulate immune activators and down regulate ...
