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Title:

Diagnosing pulmonary embolism.

Document type:
Journal Article; Review; Review
Author(s):
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...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Postgrad Med J
Year:
2004
Journal volume:
80
Journal issue:
944
Pages contribution:
309-19
Language:
eng
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15192162
Print-ISSN:
0032-5473
TUM Institution:
I. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik (Kardiologie)
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