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. 2018 Sep 1;178(9):1272-1274.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.2971.

Rates of Overtreatment and Treatment-Related Adverse Effects Among Patients With Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolism

Ismail A Raslan  1 , Jaron Chong  2 , Benoît Gallix  2 , Todd C Lee  3   4 , Emily G McDonald  3   4
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Rates of Overtreatment and Treatment-Related Adverse Effects Among Patients With Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolism

Ismail A Raslan et al. JAMA Intern Med. .

Abstract

This cohort study examines how often clinicians opt for clinical surveillance over therapeutic anticoagulation for patients with subsegmental pulmonary embolisms.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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