Use of the alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient in the assessment of acute pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 333-337

  Jones, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Neff, Timothy L ^a   Carlson, Scott A ^a  

^a SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar arterial oxygen gradient; Hypocapnia; Hypoxemia; Pulmonary embolism; Thromboembolism diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031826899     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(98)90121-8     Document Type: Article

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