Diagnostic accuracy of combined thoracic and cardiac sonography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Jacqueline Kagima ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jacikagima@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Internal Medicine, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2470-569X

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• Marie Stolbrink,

  Roles Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-9316

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• Sheila Masheti ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sheila Masheti, Collins Mbaiyani, Aziz Munubi

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Respiratory Disease Research, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Collins Mbaiyani ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sheila Masheti, Collins Mbaiyani, Aziz Munubi

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Respiratory Disease Research, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Aziz Munubi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sheila Masheti, Collins Mbaiyani, Aziz Munubi

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Respiratory Disease Research, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Health Management and Informatics, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8166-8699

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• Elizabeth Joekes,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Royal Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Kevin Mortimer,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Jamie Rylance,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Lung Health Group, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme (MLW), Blantyre, Malawi

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• Ben Morton

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Lung Health Group, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme (MLW), Blantyre, Malawi

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6164-2854

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