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Usefulness of preemptive anticoagulation in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism: a decision analysis

ContributorsBlondon, Marcorcid; Righini, Marc Philiporcid; Aujesky, Drahomir; Le Gal, Grégoire; Perrier, Arnaud
Published inChest, vol. 142, no. 3, p. 697-703
Publication date2012
Abstract

The diagnostic workup of pulmonary embolism (PE) may take several hours. The usefulness of anticoagulant treatment while awaiting the results of diagnostic tests has not been assessed. The objective of this study was to compare the risks and benefits of bid low-molecular-weight heparin vs no treatment in patients with suspected PE.

Keywords
  • Anticoagulants/therapeutic use
  • Decision Support Techniques
  • Decision Trees
  • Diagnostic Tests, Routine
  • Female
  • Hemorrhage/epidemiology/mortality
  • Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight/therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Models, Statistical
  • Pulmonary Embolism/diagnosis/prevention & control
  • Registries
  • Time Factors
  • Time-to-Treatment
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Citation (ISO format)
BLONDON, Marc et al. Usefulness of preemptive anticoagulation in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism: a decision analysis. In: Chest, 2012, vol. 142, n° 3, p. 697–703. doi: 10.1378/chest.11-2694
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