Values of the Wells and Revised Geneva Scores Combined with D-dimer in Diagnosing Elderly Pulmonary Embolism Patients
Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) can be difficult to diagnose in elderly patients because of the coexistent diseases and the combination of drugs that they have taken. We aimed to compare the clinical diagnostic values of the Wells score, the revised Geneva score and each of them combined with D-...
Main Authors: | Dan-Jie Guo, Can Zhao, Ya-Dan Zou, Xu-Hang Huang, Jing-Min Hu, Lin Guo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer
2015-01-01
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Series: | Chinese Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.cmj.org/article.asp?issn=0366-6999;year=2015;volume=128;issue=8;spage=1052;epage=1057;aulast=Guo |
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