Occurrence of pulmonary thromboembolism immediately after arthroplasty

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1237-1242

  Bruce, W ^a   Van Der Wall, H ^a   Peters, M ^a   Liaw, Y ^a   Morgan, L ^a   Storey, G ^a  

^a ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Pulmonary thromboembolism; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAT EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034753525     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200111000-00011     Document Type: Review

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