Can implementation of the pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria (PERC) safely reduce D-dimer and CTPA requests in a two-tier Wells model?

H. Ang (Newport, United Kingdom), H. Tan (Newport, United Kingdom), A. Ionescu (Newport, United Kingdom)

Source: International Congress 2019 – Pulmonary embolism: from diagnosis to prognosis and treatment
Session: Pulmonary embolism: from diagnosis to prognosis and treatment
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 3641
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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