Venous thromboemboli and exacerbations of COPD

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1243-1248

  Gunen, H ^a   Gulbas, G ^a   In, E ^a   Yetkin, O ^a   Hacievliyagil, S S ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Deep vein thrombosis; Exacerbation; Mortality; Pulmonary emboli

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURKEY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 77953528445     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00120909     Document Type: Article

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