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Are all pulmonary embolism clinical decision rules equal?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Patrick T. Fok*
Affiliation:
Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program, McGill University, Montreal, QC
Robert Primavesi
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC
*
Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program, Room A4.62, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC H3A 1A1; patrick.fok@mail.mcgill.ca.

Abstract

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Type
Knowledge to Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2013

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