Outcome of patients with pulmonary embolism admitted to the intensive care unit

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-16

  Al Otair, Hadeel ^a   Chaudhry, Mohammed ^a   Shaikh, Shaffi ^a   Bahammam, Ahmed ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Pulmonary embolism; Thrombolytic agents

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IMMOBILIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVOR;

EID: 58149508672     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.44779     Document Type: Article

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