The effects of cause of death classification on prognostic assessment of patients with pulmonary embolism

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2201-2207

  Sanchez D ^a   De Miguel, J ^b   Sam, A ^a   Wagner, C ^a   Zamarro, C ^a   Nieto, R ^a   Garcia L ^a   Aujesky, D ^c   Yusen, R D ^d   Jimenez D ^a,e  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mortality; Prognosis; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEOPLASM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM SEVERITY INDEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TROPONIN I;

EID: 80055121839     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04490.x     Document Type: Article

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