YEARS Algorithm Versus Wells' Score: Incomplete Reporting Undermines Study Quality Assessment

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¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of General Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, and Inserm UMR 1153, Obstetrical, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, Center of Research in Epidemiology and Statistics, Université de Paris, Paris, France.
³ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Department of Respiratory Medicine, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Daniël A Korevaar et al. Crit Care Med. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;48(8):e730.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004369.

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of General Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, and Inserm UMR 1153, Obstetrical, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, Center of Research in Epidemiology and Statistics, Université de Paris, Paris, France.
³ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Department of Respiratory Medicine, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Abdelaal Ahmed Mahmoud M Alkhatip A, Conroy P, Hamza MK, Murphy I, Purcell A, McGuire D. Abdelaal Ahmed Mahmoud M Alkhatip A, et al. Crit Care Med. 2020 Aug;48(8):e731-e732. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004454. Crit Care Med. 2020. PMID: 32697516 No abstract available.
YEARS Algorithm Versus Wells' Score: Incomplete Reporting Undermines Study Quality Assessment-Part 2.
Korevaar DA, Cohen JF, van Es J. Korevaar DA, et al. Crit Care Med. 2020 Dec;48(12):e1377-e1378. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004608. Crit Care Med. 2020. PMID: 33255144 No abstract available.

YEARS Algorithm Versus Wells' Score: Predictive Accuracies in Pulmonary Embolism Based on the Gold Standard CT Pulmonary Angiography.
Abdelaal Ahmed Mahmoud M Alkhatip A, Donnelly M, Snyman L, Conroy P, Hamza MK, Murphy I, Purcell A, McGuire D. Abdelaal Ahmed Mahmoud M Alkhatip A, et al. Crit Care Med. 2020 May;48(5):704-708. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004271. Crit Care Med. 2020. PMID: 32079894

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