Thirty-day case-fatality rates for pulmonary embolism in the elderly

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2343-2347

  Siddique, Reshmi M ^a   Siddique, Mahmood I ^a   Connors Jr , Alfred F ^a,b   Rimm, Alfred A ^a,c  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; ODDS RATIO; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 0029955795     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.20.2343     Document Type: Article

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