Diagnostic yield of computed tomographic pulmonary angiography for suspected pulmonary embolism varies across settings within a community-based health system
| Autor: | Ansar Z Vance, A. Graif, Joshua Kornblum, Richard Bounds, Reza J Daugherty |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Deep vein Trauma center 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Retrospective cohort study Emergency department medicine.disease Thrombosis 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Pulmonary embolism 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Emergency medicine Emergency Medicine Pulmonary angiography medicine Current Procedural Terminology Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging business |
| Zdroj: | Emergency Radiology. 28:291-296 |
| ISSN: | 1438-1435 1070-3004 |
| Popis: | The diagnostic yield of computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) for pulmonary embolism varies in the literature, and very little data is available regarding community-based systems. This study evaluates the yield of CTPA for pulmonary embolism across a variety of patient care settings in a community-based healthcare system, providing relevant benchmarks for potential quality improvement efforts. This retrospective study included data collected from three sites within a single community-based healthcare system, including a tertiary care level 1 trauma center, an urban community hospital, and a suburban free-standing emergency department. CTPAs were identified by Current Procedural Terminology codes, and diagnoses of pulmonary embolism were identified via International Classification of Diseases codes. A total of 7850 CTPA studies met criteria for inclusion between January 1, 2012, and October 8, 2014. Pulmonary embolism was found in 884 (11.3%) of the studies performed. Outpatients had a lower yield of pulmonary embolism (3.8%, p |
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