Pulmonary embolism with acute pancreatitis: A case report and literature review

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 583-586

  Zhang, Qing ^a   Zhang, Qing Xia ^b   Tan, Xiao Ping ^a   Wang, Wei Zheng ^a   He, Chang Hua ^a   Xu, Li ^a   Huang, Xiao Xia ^a  

^a YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b First Hospital of Jingzhou   (China)

Author keywords

Pancreatitis; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CREATININE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; POTASSIUM; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMBIENT AIR; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART MURMUR; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFECTION; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; T WAVE; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84863011038     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i6.583     Document Type: Article

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