The aim of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility of a larger study to determine the Adjust-Unlikely algorithm safety and efficiency for diagnosing PE. The pilot study objectives are to: 1. Determine study recruitment rate, per site, per month 2. Determine study 90-day loss to follow up rate 3. Estimate of the proportion of enrolled patients who test negative for PE at initial assessment using the Adjust-Unlikely rule 4. Estimate of the Adjust-Unlikely algorithm efficiency 5. Compare excluded and missed-eligible patients to study participants: age, sex and prevalence of PE diagnoses at initial testing. The pilot study hypothesis is that the investigators can recruit at least 20 patients per month and successfully follow at least 90% of patients for 90 days.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
Kingston Health Sciences Centre
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
The proportion of patients who have PE excluded by the Adjust-Unlikely algorithm and who are subsequently diagnosed with either PE or lower limb DVT.
Time frame: 90 days following index presentation
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