TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnosing pulmonary embolism
T2 - a comparison of clinical probability scores
AU - Hogg, Kerstin
AU - Thomas, Deborah
AU - Mackway-Jones, Kevin
AU - Lecky, Fiona
AU - Cruickshank, Kennedy
N1 - © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a major cause of community and in-hospital mortality. This study aimed to compare the performance of the British Thoracic Society (BTS) score to the Wells' score in diagnosing PE. Data from two separate prospective diagnostic PE studies were analysed. All patients underwent gold standard investigation to determine the presence or absence of PE, together with a 3-month follow-up. The posttest prevalence of PE was compared using both scores and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Seven hundred and seventy-nine patients were consented and investigated for PE. In patients with pleuritic chest pain, respiratory rate
AB - Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a major cause of community and in-hospital mortality. This study aimed to compare the performance of the British Thoracic Society (BTS) score to the Wells' score in diagnosing PE. Data from two separate prospective diagnostic PE studies were analysed. All patients underwent gold standard investigation to determine the presence or absence of PE, together with a 3-month follow-up. The posttest prevalence of PE was compared using both scores and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Seven hundred and seventy-nine patients were consented and investigated for PE. In patients with pleuritic chest pain, respiratory rate
U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08575.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08575.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 21371002
SN - 0007-1048
VL - 153
SP - 253
EP - 258
JO - British Journal of Haematology
JF - British Journal of Haematology
IS - 2
ER -