title: Are all pulmonary embolism clinical decision rules equal?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Are four common clinical decision rules, in combination with normal D-dimer results, comparable in their ability to clinically exclude the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism?
  
  
  METHODS
  Douma RA, Mos ICM, Erkens PMG, et al. Performance of 4 clinical decision rules in the diagnostic management of acute pulmonary embolism: a prospective cohort study. Ann Intern Med 2011;154:709-18.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To directly compare the performance of four different clinical decision rules, the Wells rule, revised Geneva score, simplified Wells rule, and simplified revised Geneva score, in combination with D-dimer results, to exclude pulmonary embolism.
authors: Patrick T
authors: PT
authors: Fok
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Primavesi
mesh_terms: D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis*