Pleural effusion in patients with pulmonary embolism

Respirology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 832-836

  Yap, Elaine ^a   Anderson, Graeme ^a   Donald, Jennifer ^a   Wong, Conroy A ^a   Lee, Y C Gary ^b,c   Sivakumaran, Pathmanathan ^a  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT pulmonary angiogram; Pleural effusion; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51349092522     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01345.x     Document Type: Article

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