Three thousand seven hundred thirty-eight posttraumatic pulmonary emboli: A new look at an old disease

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 254, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 625-632

  Knudson, M Margaret ^a   Gomez, David ^b   Haas, Barbara ^b   Cohen, Mitchell J ^a   Nathens, Avery B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX INJURY; UNITED STATES; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053289938     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182300209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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