1. The Bedside Investigation of Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis Study.
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Rodger, Marc A., Bredeson, Christopher N., Jones, Gwynne, Rasuli, Pasteur, Raymond, François, Clement, Anne Marie, Karovitch, Alan, Brunette, Helene, Makropoulos, Dimitri, Reardon, Mark, Stiell, Ian, Nair, Rama, and Wells, Philip S.
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POINT-of-care testing , *CLINICAL trials , *PULMONARY embolism , *PATIENTS - Abstract
The article discusses on the study that compares the safety aspects of using the combination of three bedside tests against ventilation-perfusion scan for the initial examination of a suspected pulmonary embolism patients in Ottawa, Ontario. It provides information on the number of patients who have been tested and got at least two negative results on three bedside tests.
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- 2006
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