Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 168-180, February 2000

New diagnostic tests for pulmonary embolism☆☆☆★

  • Jeffrey A. Kline, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
    • ,
  • Kathryn L. Johns, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Eastern Virginia School of Medicine, Norfolk, VA
    • ,
  • Stephen A. Colucciello, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
    • ,
  • Elizabeth G. Israel, MD, DVM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.

Received 22 January 1999; received in revised form 11 May 1999 and 26 July 1999; accepted 7 September 1999.

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☆ None of the authors have received funds from any private or public source for the explicit purpose of writing this article.

☆☆ Two of the authors (JAK, EGI) are engaged in a multicenter trial involving the use of dead space and SimpliRED D -dimer measurements to screen for pulmonary embolism, the Rapid Exclusion of Pulmonary Embolism (REPE) study. The authors’ institutions receive a $100 stipend for each patient enrolled in the REPE study.

★ Address for reprints: Jeffrey Kline, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, MEB 304, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC 28232-2861; 704-355-7092, fax 704-355-7047; E-mail Jkline@carolinas.org.

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 168-180, February 2000

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