Diagnosing pulmonary embolism

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 944, 2004, Pages 309-319

  Riedel, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL GAS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROBABILITY; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 3042632956     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.007955     Document Type: Review

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