Prevalence of pulmonary embolism in acute exacerbations of COPD

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 786-793

  Rizkallah, Jacques ^a   Man, S F Paul ^a   Sin, Don D ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Department of COPD ^*  (Canada)

^c Canadian Institutes of Health Research   (Canada)

^d ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

COPD; Metaanalysis; Prevalence; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CINAHL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMBASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDLINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 62149150602     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-1516     Document Type: Article

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