PERC Rule Calculator
Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria for low-risk patients
When to use it
Use to safely rule out PE in low-risk patients without further testing.
Category
Critical Care
References
- Kline JA et al. Clinical criteria to prevent unnecessary diagnostic testing in emergency department patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. J Thromb Haemost. 2004;2:1247-55. PMID: 15304025
- Singh B et al. Pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria (PERC) in pulmonary embolism--revisited: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Emerg Med J. 2013;30:701-6. PMID: 23038695
- Kline JA et al. Prospective multicenter evaluation of the pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria. J Thromb Haemost. 2008;6:772-80. PMID: 18318689
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This calculator is part of NephroMind, a free clinical decision-aid platform from the Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation (ASNRT) — over 128 bedside nephrology calculators plus a renal drug-dosing database, coded by a practicing transplant nephrologist.