What is the risk of withholding anticoagulation in those with a low probability ventilation perfusion scan in the investigation of pulmonary emboli?

MeSH terms

• Anticoagulants / administration & dosage
• Anticoagulants / therapeutic use*
• Cause of Death
• False Negative Reactions
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Incidence
• Medical Audit
• New Zealand / epidemiology
• Probability
• Prospective Studies
• Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
• Pulmonary Embolism / drug therapy*
• Pulmonary Embolism / mortality
• Radionuclide Imaging
• Recurrence
• Risk
• Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio*