Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A cross-sectional study.
Joaquin Maritano FurcadaHoracio Matías CastroEduardo Luis De VitoMaría Florencia Grande RattiMaria Lourdes Posadas-MartinezDiego Hernán GiuntaFernando Javier VázquezBruno Leonel FerreyroPublished in: The clinical respiratory journal (2020)
Both Wells and Geneva scores exhibit poor diagnostic accuracy for the diagnosis of PE in patients with COPD. The presence of isolated worsening of dyspnea on presentation could be an easy to identify criteria for the initial triage in this population. Further validation of our findings remains warranted.