CT pulmonary angiography: an over-utilized imaging modality in hospitalized patients with suspected pulmonary embolism

Aims: To determine if computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) was overemployed in the evaluation of hospitalized patients with suspected acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Methods: Data were gathered retrospectively on hospitalized patients (n=185) who had CTPA for suspected PE between June an...

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Principais autores:	Erin Smith, Penchala S. Mittadodla, Sunil Kumar, Gloria T. Fioravanti, Madhu Badireddy, Mohamed Turki
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	Greater Baltimore Medical Center 2013-04-01
coleção:	Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
Assuntos:	acute pulmonary embolism PE diagnosis of PE CT pulmonary angiography CTPA over utilization
Acesso em linha:	http://www.jchimp.net/index.php/jchimp/article/download/20240/pdf_1
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