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Computer-based decision support for diagnosing suspected pulmonary embolism is recommended to bridge the gap between evidence-based guidelines and clinical application.
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Highlights the need for computer-based decision support to bridge the gap between evidence-based guidelines and clinical practice in diagnosing suspected pulmonary embolism.
This issue contains 2 articles about the management of suspected pulmonary embolism (PE). One shows that physicians frequently fail to use evidence-based diagnostic guidelines, especially when interpreting negative test results. The companion article describes a clinical prediction rule for classifying patients with suspected PE into low-, medium-, and high-risk categories. These studies are representative of the very high-quality body of evidence to guide decision making for suspected PE. We have a wide gap between our abundant knowledge and its application. Computer-based decision support for diagnosing suspected PE is an idea whose time is at hand, if not long overdue.
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Harold C. Sox (2006) conducted an editorial in Suspected pulmonary embolism. Computer-based decision support was evaluated. Computer-based decision support for diagnosing suspected pulmonary embolism is recommended to bridge the gap between evidence-based guidelines and clinical application.
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