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“Overdiagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism by Pulmonary CT Angiography” – The Potentially Devastating Complications And What Clinicians Can Do To Decrease False Positive Diagnoses
Clinicians can reduce false positive CT angiogram diagnosis of pulmonary embolus by using the appropriate clinical decision rules to establish pretest probability. From EMC podcasts #113 and #114, here is the decision rule that they recommend using : Suggested diagnostic decision … Continue reading
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