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Prevalence for Diagnosis: Pulmonary Embolism

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Patients suspected of having PE
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19.9%in+outpatients referred for V/Q scan

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000 Dec;162(6):2105-8. PMID: 11112122

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Well's criteria for PE
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0%Follow this link to a pre-test probability calculator for PE

http://www.mdcalc.com/wells-criteria-for-pulmonary-embolism-pe/

Derivation of a simple clinical model to categorize patients probability of pulmonary embolism: increasing the models utility with the SimpliRED D-dimer.

Wells PS, Anderson DR, Rodger M, Ginsberg JS, Kearon C, Gent M, Turpie AG, Bormanis J, Weitz J, Chamberlain M, Bowie D, Barnes D, Hirsh J.

http://www.schattauer.de/index.php?id=1268&pii=th00030416&no_cache=1

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