Correlates of in-hospital deaths among hospitalizations with pulmonary embolism: Findings from the 2001-2008 national hospital discharge survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Tsai, James ^a   Grosse, Scott D ^a   Grant, Althea M ^a   Reyes, Nimia L ^a   Hooper, W Craig ^a   Atrash, Hani K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863706606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034048     Document Type: Article

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