Influence of an Alternative Diagnosis on the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Thromboembolism
The combination of risk stratification of the Wells scale and PERC plus criteria allows an absolute reduction of 34.3% in the performance of CT angiographies in patients classified as low risk with a sensitivity and a negative predictive value of 100%. The preexistence of an alternative diagnosis does not allow ruling out PE in patients with intermediate or high risk according to the Wells scale.
Authors
- R. Suárez del Villar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8445-6555)
- Diego Martínez‐Urbistondo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0530-7349)
- María Agud Fernández
- Ana Rodríguez Cobo
- Paula Villares Fernández
- Miguel de la Serna Real de Asúa
- Ángel Cano Mazarro
Institutions
- Universidad San Pablo CEU (ES)
- HM Hospitales (ES)
- Clinica Universidad de Navarra (ES)
- Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Healthcare
- Published
- 2024-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12222246
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.55