Despite low prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE) in young adults, they are frequently imaged for PE, which involves radiation exposure and substantial financial cost.Determine the use and positive proportions for PE imaging by age, differences in clinical presentation of PE by age and the projected impact of an age-targeted decision rule.Analysis of two national population-based datasets: the 2009 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample, a 20
作者:John, Mongan;Jeffrey, Kline;Rebecca, Smith-Bindman
来源:Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2015 年 32卷 11期