Pulmonary embolism: the diagnosis, risk-stratification, treatment and disposition of emergency department patients

The diagnosis or exclusion of pulmonary embolism (PE) remains challenging for emergency physicians. Symptoms can be vague or non-existent, and the clinical presentation shares features with many other common diagnoses. Diagnostic testing is complicated, as biomarkers, like the D-dimer, are frequentl...

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Main Authors: Daniel Corrigan, Christiana Prucnal, Christopher Kabrhel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2016-09-01
Series:Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.ceemjournal.org/upload/pdf/ceem-16-146.pdf