Case Studies4:10June 9, 2022

Wells criteria to rule out Pulmonary Embolism

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In this video, we have explained the wells (Dr. Phil Wells) criteria to diagnose patients with #pulmonary #embolism and #dvt. The Wells criteria for pulmonary embolism is a risk stratification score and clinical decision rule used to predict the likelihood of acute pulmonary embolism in individuals whose medical history and physical examination indicate that acute PE is a diagnosis possibility. It provides a pre-test likelihood that can be utilized in conjunction with a negative D-dimer to ru...

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