Diagnostic Values Of The Wells And Revised Geneva Scores Combined With D-Dimer For Acute Pulmonary Embolism In Elderly

Aurelija Daškevičiūtė, Aurelija Navickaitė, Rokas Šerpytis, Pranas Šerpytis Abstract Introduction. Diagnostics of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) in elderly patients may be difficult because of the coexistent cardiopulmonary conditions and age unfavorable influence on the characteristics of diagnostic tests for PE. Aim of the study. To compare the diagnostic values of the Wells score, the revised…