Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism
Authors: JOHN T. PHILBRICK
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1983)

Letters and Corrections1 November 1983Diagnosis of Pulmonary EmbolismJOHN T. PHILBRICK, M.D.JOHN T. PHILBRICK, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-99-5-729 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: I read with anticipation the report of the multicenter study by Hull and associates (1) concerning tests used in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism, hoping that someone had answered my questions about making this diagnosis. In the study design, the authors made admirable efforts to avoid bias in the assembly of their subjects; however, in their analysis they omitted the crucial step of linking the clinical characteristics of the patients with the test results. 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