Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 56, Issue 4 , Pages 321-332.e10, October 2010

Cost-Effectiveness of Strategies for Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism Among Emergency Department Patients Presenting With Undifferentiated Symptoms

  • Ram S. Duriseti, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, and the Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Ram Duriseti, MD, PhD, Division of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University Hospitals and Clinics, 701 Welch Rd, Ste C, Palo Alto, CA 94304; 650-521-4517
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  • Margaret L. Brandeau, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Received 2 September 2009; received in revised form 2 February 2010, 10 February 2010 and 10 March 2010; accepted 22 March 2010. published online 04 June 2010.

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 Supervising editor: Steven M. Green, MD

 Author contributions: RSD was responsible for model conception, research, coding, analytics, and the article. MLB was responsible for advising, article reviews, and rewriting. RSD and MLB were responsible for figure construction. RSD had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. RSD takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercia, 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 agreement. Dr. Duriseti was supported by a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Brandeau is supported by grant R01-DA15612 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

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 The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Department of Veterans Affairs.

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PII: S0196-0644(10)00276-3

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.03.029

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  • Correction Notice

    Annals of Emergency Medicine January 2011 (Vol. 57, Issue 1, Page 70)

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 56, Issue 4 , Pages 321-332.e10, October 2010

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