What happens after a lung scan? Management and outcome of patients in a regional hospital

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 375-380

  Chan, Wai Ling ^a,b   McLean, Richard ^a   Carolan, Martin G ^a  

^a WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Waverley Nuclear Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; CT pulmonary angiography; Doppler ultrasound; Haemorrhage; Lung scan; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DRUG EFFICACY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOMA; HEMATURIA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PANCREAS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036458666     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2002.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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