Pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis in trauma: Are they related?

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 928-932

  Velmahos, George C ^a   Spaniolas, Konstantinos ^a   Tabbara, Malek ^a   Abujudeh, Hani H ^a   De Moya, Marc ^a   Gervasini, Alice ^a   Alam, Hasan B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; INJURY; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70350231659     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.97     Document Type: Article

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