746
Participants
Start Date
October 31, 2014
Primary Completion Date
October 31, 2020
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2020
Diagnostic and therapeutic strategy: Highly sensitive D-dimer testing and, if positive, multidetector computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (MDCT).
"If MDCT is positive for pulmonary embolism, patients will receive anticoagulant treatment according to updated guidelines.~If MDCT is negative for pulmonary embolism, patients will receive standard management for their exacerbation."
Hospital Ramon y Cajal, IRYCIS, Alcala de Henares University, Madrid
Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona
Hospital La Coruña, A Coruña
Hospital Galdakao, Barakaldo
Clinica Nostra Senyora del Remei, Barcelona
Hospital Capio Sagrat Cor, Barcelona
Hospital Cruces, Bilbao
Hospital San Pedro, Logroño
Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Madrid
Hospital Alcorcon, Madrid
Hospital Doce de Octubre, Madrid
Hospital Gregorio Marañon, Madrid
Hospital La Paz, Madrid
Complejo Hospitalario Pontevedra, Pontevedra
Hospital Marques de Valdecilla, Santander
Policlinico La Rosaleda, Santiago de Compostela
Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Seville
Hospital Txagorritxu, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Hospital Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza
American College of Chest Physicians
OTHER
Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica
OTHER
Ministry of Health, Spain
OTHER_GOV