Chest computed tomography in the emergency department for suspected pulmonary embolism: it's time to practice what we preach

Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Jul;54(1):49-52. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.12.001. Epub 2009 Jan 21.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Emergency Service, Hospital / economics*
  • Emergency Service, Hospital / standards
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / economics
  • Pulmonary Embolism / blood
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging*
  • Radiography, Thoracic / economics
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / economics*

Substances

  • Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products
  • fibrin fragment D