Poor adherence to the recommended pulmonary embolism diagnostic pathway in the emergency department: A retrospective cohort study.

Alia M Hadid Ala Jalabi Mahmoud Anka Arif Alper Cevik

Published in: Turkish journal of emergency medicine (2023)

Our study revealed that approximately two-thirds of all CTPA requests did not adhere to the recommended PE clinical decision pathway. There was a significant improper and unnecessary utilization of CTPA imaging and D-dimer testing. Improvements seem imperative to enhance physicians' clinical approach to PE diagnosis.

Keyphrases

pulmonary embolism
emergency department
inferior vena cava
primary care
high resolution
single cell
metabolic syndrome
mass spectrometry
fluorescence imaging