Pulmonary embolism in very old patients

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-122

  Ceccarelli, Elena ^a   Masotti, Luca ^b   Barabesi, Lucio ^a   Forconi, Sandro ^a   Cappelli, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Internal Medicine Cecina Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Elderly; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolic disease

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BED REST; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; LEG COMPRESSION; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RISK FACTOR; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

OXY;

EID: 0038383270     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324488     Document Type: Article

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