Arterial blood gas analysis and alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient in diagnosis and prognosis of elderly patients with suspected pulmonary embolism

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2000, Pages M761-M764

  Masotti, L ^a   Ceccarelli, E ^a   Cappelli, R ^a   Barabesi, L ^a   Forconi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACID BASE BALANCE; AGED; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OXYGEN DISSOCIATION CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; CARBON DIOXIDE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034471473     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.12.M761     Document Type: Article

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