The clinical features of acute pulmonary embolism in ambulatory patients

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 891-897

  Susec Jr , Otto ^a   Boudrow, Dawn ^a   Kline, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Diagnosis; Outpatient; Pulmonary embolism; Risk

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0038000148     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03815.x     Document Type: Article

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