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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2024

Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism: A Review of Evidence-Based Approaches.

Sneha E Thomas, Ido Weinberg, Robert M Schainfeld, Kenneth Rosenfield, Gaurav M Parmar

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sneha E ThomasVascular Medicine Section, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Ido WeinbergVascular Medicine Section, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Robert M SchainfeldVascular Medicine Section, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Kenneth RosenfieldVascular Medicine Section, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Gaurav M ParmarVascular Medicine Section, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6170-4066

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Venous thromboembolism, commonly presented as pulmonary embolism and deep-vein thrombosis, is a paramount and potentially fatal condition with variable clinical presentation. Diagnosis is key to providing appropriate treatment in a safe and timely fashion. Clinical judgment and assessment using clinical scoring systems should guide diagnostic testing, including laboratory and imaging modalities, for optimal results and to avoid unnecessary testing.

Indexed as

biomarkersblood clotsclinical judgmentdeep-vein thrombosisdiagnosispulmonary embolismpulmonary embolism response teamrisk stratificationvascular medicinevenous thromboembolism

Identifiers

PMID38999289
PMCPMC11242034

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