Pulmonary embolism incidence and fatality trends in Chinese hospitals from 1997 to 2008: A multicenter registration study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Yang, Yuanhua ^a   Liang, Lirong ^a   Zhai, Zhenguo ^a   He, Hangyong ^a   Xie, Wanmu ^a   Peng, Xiaoxia ^b   Wang, Chen ^a,c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHINA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 80055109246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026861     Document Type: Review

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