The role of risk factors in delayed diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-32

  Ozsu, Savas ^a   Oztuna, Funda ^a   Bulbul, Yilmaz ^a   Topbas, Murat ^a   Ozlu, Tevfik ^a   Kosucu, Polat ^a   Ozsu, Asiye ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649958365     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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