title: Critical predictors of pulmonary embolism.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Do specific elements of the history and physical examination predict the presence of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department?
  
  
  METHODS
  Courtney DM, Kline JA, Kabrhel C, et al. Clinical features from the history and physical examination that predict the presence or absence of pulmonary embolism in symptomatic emergency department patients: results of a prospective, multicenter study. Ann Emerg Med 2010;55:307-15 .
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether implicit clinical predictors previously untested predict the presence of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medicine Residency Program, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal. Joshua.guttman@mail.mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guttman
authors.forename: Jerrald
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dankoff