Estimated incidence of acute pulmonary embolism in a community/teaching general hospital

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 802-805

  Stein, Paul D ^a   Patel, Kalpesh C ^a   Kalra, Neeraj K ^a   Petrina, Mircea ^a   Savarapu, Prathyusha ^a   Furlong, James W ^a   Steele, Robert D ^a   Check, Frank E ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism; Thromboembolism; Ventilation perfusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0036204780     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.3.802     Document Type: Article

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