Feasibility of pretest probability scoring to predict pulmonary embolism (PE) in routine clinical practice

C. W. H. Davies, D. Bell, J. Wimperis, S. Green, K. Pendry (Reading, Edinburgh, Norwich, Swindon, Wigan, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Pulmonary thromboembolism
Session: Pulmonary thromboembolism
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 1476

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