Revised Geneva Score

Pulmonary embolism — pretest probability
Age over 65
Previous DVT or PE
Surgery or lower-limb fracture within 1 month
Active malignancy
Unilateral lower-limb pain
Haemoptysis
Pain on deep vein palpation and unilateral oedema
Heart rate
Evidence
Original publication
Le Gal G, Righini M, Roy PM, et al. Prediction of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department: the revised Geneva score. Fully standardised, entirely clinical (no arterial blood gas or chest X-ray).
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2006
Open source
Validation
Klok FA, Mos ICM, Nijkeuter M, et al. Simplification of the revised Geneva score for assessing clinical probability of pulmonary embolism. Prospective validation; the simplified (all items +1) version performed comparably to the original weighting.
Archives of Internal Medicine, 2008
Open source
Last reviewed: 2026-09
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