Pleural effusion in pulmonary embolism

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 716-722

  Light, Richard W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomographic angiography; Pleural effusion; pleural effusion; pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; RIVAROXABAN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENEVA SCORE; HEMATOTHORAX; HEPARIN ASSOCIATED OSTEOPENIA; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG VEIN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; OSTEOPENIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANTS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; PARACENTESIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651112171     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: 10989048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1269832     Document Type: Article

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