BTS GUIDELINES

British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of suspected acute pulmonary embolism

British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Committee Pulmonary Embolism Guideline Development Group^*

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr A C Miller, Mayday Hospital, Croydon CR7 7YE, UK;
andrew.miller@mayday.nhs.uk

Keywords: BTS guidelines; pulmonary embolism

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In 1997 the British Thoracic Society (BTS) published advice entitled "Suspected acute pulmonary embolism: a practical approach".¹ It was recognised that it would need updating within a few years. Subsequent publications in several areas (CT pulmonary angiography, D-dimer, clinical probability, low molecular weight heparin) now provide sufficient evidence to allow this advice to be updated as guidelines.

All the relevant literature published from January 1997 to December 2002 was located by searching the Medline and EmBase databases; some were meta-analyses and some were evidence based practice guidelines. Relevant papers published before 1997 not referenced in the earlier document were also retrieved.

As before, the text was compiled by members of the BTS on behalf of its Standards of Care Committee, with feedback from experts recommended by specialist societies and, as with the previous guideline, we approached international authorities who all readily agreed to comment on the drafts. We are . . . [Full text of this article]

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