Investigating suspected pulmonary embolism during pregnancy

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1682-1687

  Mallick, Srikumar ^a   Petkova, Dimitrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D dimer; Investigations; Pregnancy; Pulmonary embolism; Radiation exposure; Scans

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ANTICOAGULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PARENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33747842205     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.02.005     Document Type: Review

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