Wells score for predicting likelihood of a pulmonary embolus
Clinical signs and symptoms of DVT (minimum of leg swelling and pain with palpation of the deep veins)
An alternative diagnosis is less likely than PE
Heart rate > 100 beats per minute
Immobilisation for more than 3 days or surgery in the previous 4 weeks
Previous DVT/PE
Haemoptysis
Malignancy (on treatment, treated in the last 6 months, or palliative)
Results
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Reference: Wells PS et al. (2000) Derivation of a simple clinical model to categorize patients’ probability of pulmonary embolism: increasing the model’s utility with the SimpliRED D-dimer. Thrombosis and Haemostasis 83: 416–20