Low-grade and high-grade fever at presentation of acute pulmonary embolism

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-333

  Calvo Romero, José María ^a,d   Lima Rodríguez, Esther María ^b   Pérez Miranda, Manuel ^c   Bureo Dacal, Pedro ^c  

^a Hospital de Zafra   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL PERPETUO SOCORRO   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fever; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 2942555594     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001721-200406000-00007     Document Type: Article

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