Bedside noninvasive detection of acute pulmonary embolism in critically ill surgical patients

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 869-875

  Anderson, John T ^a,b   Owings, John T ^a   Goodnight, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG DEAD SPACE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DEAD SPACE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032781615     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.134.8.869     Document Type: Article

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