Essential Evidence #8 – The PERC rule
Today’s Essential Evidence Episode discusses the paper that derived and validated the PE Rule-out Criteria or PERC rule. This is a clinical decision aid that we can use to reliably exclude pulmonary embolism in emergency department patients without any further testing. We’ll talk about some background on diagnosing PE in the ED, the study design, how to use the PERC rule in your everyday practice, and some clinical pearls as well.
Essential Evidence #8- The PERC Rule
The PERC study- free full text
Links to studies mentioned in the podcast
ACEP Clinical Policy on PE diagnosis in the ED
Kahbrel, et al- accuracy of PE diagnosis in different years of training
Other podcasts on PE (not an exhaustive list!)
Jeff Kine (1st author on PERC) on PE in pregnancy from ERcast
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