Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 41-48 , July 2009

Incidence and Predictors of Repeated Computed Tomographic Pulmonary Angiography in Emergency Department Patients

  • Jeffrey A. Kline, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, Emergency Medicine Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, PO Box 32861, Charlotte, NC 28323-2861; 704-355-7092, fax 704-355-7047
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  • D. Mark Courtney, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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  • Daren M. Beam, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
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  • Matthew C. King, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
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  • Mark Steuerwald

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC

Received 23 April 2008 ,Revised 5 August 2008 ,Accepted 14 August 2008.

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 Supervising editor: William R. Mower, MD, PhD

 Author contributions: JAK conceived the work, obtained funding, supervised the project, performed database queries, contributed to the primary analyses, and wrote the article. DMC performed the statistical and graphic analyses and edited the article. DMB, MCK, and MS performed database queries, data entry, and assisted with article production. JAK takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. JAK is inventor on US patent numbers 6,575,918; 6,881,193; 7,104,964. JAK owns stock in a company involved in developing a medical device referenced herein.

 Publication date: Available online October 5, 2008.

PII: S0196-0644(08)01639-9

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.08.015

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 41-48 , July 2009

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