Can We Rely on Computed Tomographic Scanning to Diagnose Pulmonary Embolism in Critically III Surgical Patients?

George C. Velmahos; Konstantinos G. Toutouzas; Pantelis Vassiliu; Peter Rhee; Alison Wilcox; Sue Ellen Hanks; Linda S. Chan; Areti Tillou; Demetrios Demetriades; John T. Owings; Matthew J. Wall; Joseph M. Van De Water; Raul Coimbra; John A. Weigelt

doi:10.1097/01.TA.0000114535.64175.C5

Can We Rely on Computed Tomographic Scanning to Diagnose Pulmonary Embolism in Critically III Surgical Patients?

George C. Velmahos
, Konstantinos G. Toutouzas
, Pantelis Vassiliu
, Peter Rhee
, Alison Wilcox
, Sue Ellen Hanks
, Linda S. Chan
, Areti Tillou
, Demetrios Demetriades
, John T. Owings
, Matthew J. Wall
, Joseph M. Van De Water
, Raul Coimbra
, John A. Weigelt

General Surgery Division

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	518-526
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care
Volume	56
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/01.TA.0000114535.64175.C5
State	Published - Mar 2004

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Surgery
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Keywords

Computed tomography
Pulmonary angiography
Pulmonary embolism
Sensitivity
Specificity

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Velmahos, G. C., Toutouzas, K. G., Vassiliu, P., Rhee, P., Wilcox, A., Hanks, S. E., Chan, L. S., Tillou, A., Demetriades, D., Owings, J. T., Wall, M. J., Van De Water, J. M., Coimbra, R., & Weigelt, J. A. (2004). Can We Rely on Computed Tomographic Scanning to Diagnose Pulmonary Embolism in Critically III Surgical Patients? Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care, 56(3), 518-526. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.TA.0000114535.64175.C5

Velmahos, GC, Toutouzas, KG, Vassiliu, P, Rhee, P, Wilcox, A, Hanks, SE, Chan, LS, Tillou, A, Demetriades, D, Owings, JT, Wall, MJ, Van De Water, JM, Coimbra, R & Weigelt, JA 2004, 'Can We Rely on Computed Tomographic Scanning to Diagnose Pulmonary Embolism in Critically III Surgical Patients?', Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 518-526. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.TA.0000114535.64175.C5

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