Evaluation of pulmonary embolism in a pediatric population with high clinical suspicion

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-41

  Victoria, Teresa ^a   Mong, Andrew ^a   Altes, Talissa ^a   Jawad, Abbas F ^a   Hernandez, Andrea ^a   Gonzalez, Leonardo ^a   Raffini, Leslie ^a   Kramer, Sandra S ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; DVT; Multidetector CT; Pulmonary embolism; Thromboembolic disease

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD DYSCRASIA; BOY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG USE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GIRL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149138159     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-1037-0     Document Type: Article

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