Fever in pulmonary embolism

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 341-347

  Kokturk, Nurdan ^a   Demir, Nalan ^a   Oguzulgen, I Kivilcim ^a   Demirel, Koray ^b   Ekim, Numan ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fever; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COUMARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENA CAVA FILTER;

EID: 22444446944     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mbc.0000172693.77610.10     Document Type: Article

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