Capnometry as a Tool to Unmask Silent Pulmonary Embolism

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 263-271

  Taniguchi, Shogo ^a,b   Irita, Kazuo ^a   Sakaguchi, Yoshiro ^a   Inaba, Shoichi ^a   Inoue, Hidefumi ^a   Mishima, Hiroyuki ^a   Takahashi, Shosuke ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capnometry; Preanesthetic assessment; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 0031305122     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.183.263     Document Type: Article

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