Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 316-326.e1, April 2010

Testing Low-Risk Patients for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism: A Decision Analysis

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting, May 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  • Adam L. Lessler, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Adam L. Lessler, 917-612-9620
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  • Joshua A. Isserman, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Rajan Agarwal, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Harold I. Palevsky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Allergy and Critical Care Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Jesse M. Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and the Department of Health Policy, and School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC

Received 28 June 2009; received in revised form 1 November 2009 and 22 November 2009; accepted 2 December 2009. published online 11 January 2010.

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 Supervising editor: Steven M. Green, MD

 Author contributions: ALL and JMP conceived the study, designed the decision model, and performed the data analysis. RA and HIP provided content advice on the radiology- and pulmonary embolism-specific components, respectively. JAI assisted with the research methodology. ALL drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. ALL 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. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication date: Available online January 9, 2010.

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PII: S0196-0644(09)01801-0

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.12.001

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 316-326.e1, April 2010

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