Solid malignancies complicated with pulmonary embolism: Clinical analysis of 120 patients

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-33

  Ma, Shui Qing ^a   Lin, Yi ^a   Ying, Hong Yan ^a   Shao, Ya Juan ^a   Li, Xiao Yuan ^a   Bai, Chun Mei ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Diagnosis and treatment; Pulmonary embolism; Solid malignancies

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; D DIMER; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADRENAL CANCER; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; BLADDER CANCER; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTANT METASTASIS; EPISTAXIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MELANOMA; MELENA; NEUROFIBROSARCOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; SEX RATIO; SOLID TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL TIME; UTERINE TUBE CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74749106906     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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