Should patients be managed for suspected pulmonary embolism on the basis of pretest clinical probability and D-dimer results?
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Should patients be managed for suspected pulmonary embolism on the basis of pretest clinical probability and D-dimer results?
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Excluding pulmonary embolism at the bedside without diagnostic imaging: management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism presenting to the emergency department by using a simple clinical model and d-dimer.Ann Intern Med. 2001 Jul 17;135(2):98-107. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-135-2-200107170-00010. Ann Intern Med. 2001. PMID: 11453709
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