Treatment of patients with pulmonary embolism entirely in hospital in the home

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 381-384

  Lui, Benjamin ^a   Tran, Anh ^b   Montalto, Michael ^a  

^a EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 34347249153     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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