Ruling out pulmonary embolism across different healthcare settings: A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.
Geert-Jan GeersingToshihiko TakadaFrederikus Albertus KlokHarry R BüllerD Mark CourtneyYonathan FreundJavier GalipienzoGregoire Le GalWaleed GhanimaJeffrey A KlineMenno V HuismanKarel G M MoonsArnaud PerrierSameer ParpiaHelia Robert-EbadiMarc RighiniPierre-Marie RoyMaarten van SmedenMilou A M StalsPhilip Stephen WellsKerstin de WitNoémie KraaijpoelNick Van EsPublished in: PLoS medicine (2022)
The capability of safely and efficiently ruling out PE of available diagnostic strategies differs for different healthcare settings. The findings of this IPD MA help in determining the optimum diagnostic strategies for ruling out PE per healthcare setting, balancing the trade-off between failure rate and efficiency of each strategy.