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Overuse and underuse of pulmonary CT angiography in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism
Background: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the utilization and diagnostic yields of CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) using the Revised Geneva score and Wells’ criteria, in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE). Methods: One hundred and twelve adult patients underwent CTPA for suspected PE were participated in this study. The outcome was positive or neg...
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Correspondence to Won-Il Choi, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 216 Dalseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu 700-712, Korea Tel: +82-53-250-7572, Fax: +82-53-250-7434, E-mail: [email protected] Copyrightc 2013 The Korean Association of Internal Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial L...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2474-1949
DOI: 10.5070/m511031678