Evaluation of the "hemoptysis" item in clinical decision rules for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department.

Héloïse BannelierJudith GorlickiAndrea PenalozaDelphine DouilletPierre-Marie RoyYonathan Freund Melanie Roussel

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2022)

The hemoptysis item could be safely removed from the PERC, YEARS, and PEGeD CDRs. However, there was no subsequent clinically relevant reduction of chest imaging.

Keyphrases

pulmonary embolism
emergency department
inferior vena cava
psychometric properties
high resolution
decision making
mass spectrometry