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Titel:

Diagnosing pulmonary embolism.

Dokumenttyp:
Journal Article; Review; Review
Autor(en):
Riedel, M
Abstract:
Objective testing for pulmonary embolism is necessary, because clinical assessment alone is unreliable and the consequences of misdiagnosis are serious. No single test has ideal properties (100% sensitivity and specificity, no risk, low cost). Pulmonary angiography is regarded as the final arbiter but is ill suited for diagnosing a disease present in only a third of patients in whom it is suspected. Some tests are good for confirmation and some for exclusion of embolism; others are able to do b...     »
Zeitschriftentitel:
Postgrad Med J
Jahr:
2004
Band / Volume:
80
Heft / Issue:
944
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
309-19
Sprache:
eng
PubMed:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15192162
Print-ISSN:
0032-5473
TUM Einrichtung:
I. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik (Kardiologie)
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