Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism in Acute Exacerbations of COPD Jacques Rizkallah, MD, S.F. Paul Man, MD, FCCP, Don D. Sin, MD, FCCP CHEST Volume 135, Issue 3, Pages 786-793 (March 2009) DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-1516 Copyright © 2009 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flow diagram of study selection. CHEST 2009 135, 786-793DOI: (10.1378/chest.08-1516) Copyright © 2009 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 The prevalence of PE across different sites. The filled circles represent the mean, and the line bars represent SE; p value for overall = 0.014; p value for emergency department (ER) is not calculable because there was only one study; p value for studies that evaluated inpatients and outpatients = 0.133; p value for studies that evaluated only hospitalized patients = 0.034. CHEST 2009 135, 786-793DOI: (10.1378/chest.08-1516) Copyright © 2009 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions