Major Pulmonary Embolism

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 885-906

  Wood, Kenneth E ^a,b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolectomy; Pathophysiology; Pulmonary embolism; Shock; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GADOLINIUM; HEPARIN; NEUROHORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; TROPONIN; UROKINASE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULATION; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRONCHUS DISEASE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMBOLISM; HEART ARREST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FUNCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOCK; SURGICAL THROMBECTOMY; T WAVE INVERSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EMBOLECTOMY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 82755189179     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: 15578232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2011.09.002     Document Type: Review

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