Little has been published about venous thromboembolism (VTE) complications in plastic
surgery. The authors investigated the recent literature, particularly literature reviews and …

The human genome contains frequent single‐basepair variants that may or may not cause
genetic disease. To characterize benign vs. pathogenic missense variants, numerous …

Background Distinguishing bacterial from viral pneumonia on admission to the hospital
could guide the decision of whether or not to use antibiotics. We developed and validated a …

OBJECTIVE: To identify, appraise and determine the clinical readiness of diagnostic,
prescriptive and prognostic Clinical Prediction Rules (CPRs) in the physiotherapy …

Objectives Pregnancy causes a small increase in risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE),
but a large increase in concern upon presentation to an emergency department (ED) with …

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) is often unreliable in patients
with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or congestive heart failure (CHF) …

Background: Clinical assessment of patients with suspected pulmonary embolus (PE) is
used to estimate the probability of PE and determine what (if any) diagnostic testing is …

Essentials• The simplified Geneva score allows easier pretest probability assessment of
pulmonary embolism (PE).• We prospectively validated this score in the ADJUST‐PE …

Reistetter TA, Graham JE, Deutsch A, Granger CV, Markello S, Ottenbacher KJ. Utility of
functional status for classifying community versus institutional discharges after inpatient …

Background: Plasma d‐dimer concentration is a useful marker to assess systemic
coagulation and fibrinolytic activities in humans, dogs, and horses. Peritoneal fibrinolytic …