The clinician's response to a report of an incidental pulmonary embolism detected on multidetector CT

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1033, 2011, Pages 746-749

  Franklin, James M ^a,b   Rahman, Najib ^a   Gleeson, Fergus V ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RECURRENT VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANTICOAGULANTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80455174645     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2011.118497     Document Type: Article

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