Does Wells score documentation really prevent excessive CTPA requests in a teaching hospital? A retrospective study in 800 patients

P. Rajagopalan, J. Wingfield Digby, C. Lee, R. D. Barker (London, United Kingdom)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Acute pulmonary embolism
Session: Acute pulmonary embolism
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2406
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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P. Rajagopalan, J. Wingfield Digby, C. Lee, R. D. Barker (London, United Kingdom). Does Wells score documentation really prevent excessive CTPA requests in a teaching hospital? A retrospective study in 800 patients. Eur Respir J 2014; 44: Suppl. 58, 2406

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