Is it possible to use standard electrocardiography for risk assessment of patients with pulmonary embolism?
21-ECG score is a simple and cheap method which can be used to predict RVD and serious complications in patients with APE. A value Ł 3 points in the 21-ECG score can exclude RVD with high probability and limit the need of echocardiography to 23% of haemodynamically stable patients.
Our questionnaire results suggest that while smokers who have high NRSOE self-report greater overall levels of negative affect and craving, while the psychophysiological data suggest that such smokers may experience negative affect reduction when blindly administered a dose of nicotine.