Diagnostic value of gas exchange tests in patients with clinical suspicion of pulmonary embolism

Critical Care

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 111-116

  Prediletto, Renato ^a,c   Miniati, Massimo ^a   Tonelli, Lucia ^a   Formichi, Bruno ^a   Di Ricco, Giorgio ^a   Marini, Carlo ^a   Bauleo, Carolina ^a   Allescia, Germana ^a   Cocci, Franca ^a   Monti, Simonetta ^a   Pistolesi, Massimo ^b   Giuntini, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial blood gas tests; Gas exchange; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032808856     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc352     Document Type: Article

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