Fatal pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients. Clinical diagnosis versus pathological confirmation

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 255-258

  Mesquita, Cláudio Tinoco ^a   Morandi Jr , José Laerte Boechat ^b   Perrone, Flávia Teixeira ^b   Oliveira, Cláudia da Silva ^b   Barreira, Lavínia J ^b   Nascimento, Sônia Santos C A ^b   Pareto Jr , Raul Carlos ^b   Mesquita, Evandro Tinoco ^b  

^a NONE   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clinical diagnosis; Mortality; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033187209     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X1999000900001     Document Type: Article

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