Estimated incidence of acute pulmonary embolism in a Korean hospital

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 297-301

  Choi, Won Il ^a   Lee, Mi Young ^a   Oh, Doyeun ^b   Byung Hak Rho, ^a   Hales, Charles A ^c  

^a Keimyung University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

incidence; pulmonary embolism; thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFANT; INFECTION; KOREA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79955794661     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1076029610368669     Document Type: Article

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