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Reference to PIOPED needed! JFW |  T@lk 10:11, 26 October 2006 (UTC) reply

Which is exactly what, pray tell? I approach a lot of the medical articles as a patient who has herself undergone the procedure, so I don't know what PIOPED is. -- Kyok o 13:22, 26 October 2006 (UTC) reply

PIOPED is the Prospective Investigation of Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis study sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Some information on it can be found here: [1]. - 182.5.101.20 ( talk) 16:59, 13 October 2012 (UTC) reply

I think this page would benefit greatly from an image... does anyone else agree? Heather 13:39, 21 March 2008 (UTC)Glity_queen00