A History of Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Venous Thrombosis

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-131

  Wood, Kenneth E ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep venous thrombosis; Heparin; History; Pulmonary embolism; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; STEROID; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTERIAL GAS; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COR PULMONALE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LEG SWELLING; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PHLEBITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PULMONARY VEIN; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLECTOMY; VEIN LIGATION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANTS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CRITICAL CARE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; EUROPE; HEPARIN; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; LUNG; PERFUSION IMAGING; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PULMONARY HEART DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 61349186533     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2008.12.014     Document Type: Review

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