Emergencias
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To assess the performance of the Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria (PERC) and the age-modified PERC-35 tool in hospital emergency departments (EDs) for evaluating patients aged 35 years or younger. A secondary aim was to assess other decision-making criteria. ⋯ The safety and efficacy profiles of the PERC and PERC-35 algorithms were similar in patients aged 35 years or younger. However, the large confidence intervals we report do not allow us to confirm the safety of using the tools in patients in this age group.
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Multicenter Study
Factors related to patients' perception of feeling safe in pre-hospital emergencies: a multicenter cross-sectional study.
To identify factors related to patients' feeling of safety during prehospital emergencies. ⋯ Patients' perception of safety is very high, as reflected by level of satisfaction, incident reports, use of a transport protocol, means of transport used, diagnosis, and pain level.