Diagnostic yield of pulmonary embolism testing in patients presenting to the emergency department with syncope.

Christopher KellyJoseph R BledsoeScott C WollerScott M StevensJason R JacobsAllison M ButlerJames Quinn

Published in: Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis (2019)

Diagnostic testing for PE is frequent in patients with syncope presenting to the EDs of a large, integrated health care system. The yield of diagnostic testing is low.

Keyphrases

pulmonary embolism
emergency department
inferior vena cava
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
patient reported