Imaging for the exclusion of pulmonary embolism in pregnancy.

CONCLUSIONS: Both CTPA and lung scintigraphy seem appropriate for exclusion of pulmonary embolism during pregnancy. However, the quality of the evidence mandates cautious adoption of this conclusion. Important limitations included poor reference standards, necessary assumptions in the analysis regarding inconclusive test results and the inherent inability of included studies to identify false positives. It is unclear which test has the highest accuracy. There is a need for direct comparisons between diagnostic methods, including MR, in prospective randomized diagnostic studies.
PMID: 28124411 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - January 25, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: van Mens TE, Scheres LJ, de Jong PG, Leeflang MM, Nijkeuter M, Middeldorp S Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research