Pulmonary thromboembolism in an East African tertiary referral hospital

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 386-391

  Ogeng'o, Julius A ^a   Obimbo, Moses M ^a   Olabu, Beda O ^a   Gatonga, Patrick M ^a   Ong'era, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Pulmonary; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; D DIMER; HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ANGIOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 82955213022     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: 1573742X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-011-0607-4     Document Type: Article

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