Pulmonary embolism in the pediatric patient

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 555-561

  Johnson, Andrew S ^a,b   Bolte, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; D DIMER; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; REVIPARIN; WARFARIN;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAT EMBOLISM; HEART SOUND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBOLISM, FAT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4143088261     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000136076.60445.3c     Document Type: Review

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