A simple clinical model composed of ECG, shock index, and arterial blood gas analysis for predicting severe pulmonary embolism

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-196

  Bircan, Ahmet ^a   Karadeniz, Nuriye ^a   Ozden, Ahmet ^a   Cakir, Munire ^a   Varol, Ercan ^a   Oyar, Orhan ^a   Ozaydin, Mehmet ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

arterial blood gas analysis; ECG; pulmonary embolism; scoring; severity; shock index; spiral thorax CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79952795525     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1076029609351877     Document Type: Article

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