Unsuspected pulmonary thromboembolism in the emergency department;Tromboembolismo pulmonar no sospechado en el servicio de urgencias

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 165-171

  Rodriguez Rodriguez P ^a   De Miguel Diez J ^a   Moran Caicedo L P ^a   Juarez Morales M C ^a   Jimenez Garcia R ^b   Jimenez Castro D ^c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Emergency department; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859488704     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: 15781860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rce.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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