Differentiation of pulmonary embolism from high altitude pulmonary edema

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 267-270

  Ahmed Khan, Dilshad ^a   Hashim, Rizwan ^a   Mahmud Mirza, Tariq ^a   Matloob ur Rahman, Muhammad ^a  

^a Peshawar Cantonment   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aspartate transaminase; D dimer assay; High altitude; Lactate dehy drogenase; Pulmonary edema; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; D DIMER; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANK SUM TEST; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUNG; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EDEMA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 0037828638     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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