Pulmonary emboli after blunt trauma: Timing, clinical characteristics and natural history

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1502-1506

  Spencer Netto, Fernando ^a   Tien, Homer ^a,b   Ng, Jeremy ^a   Ortega, Sarah ^a   Scarpelini, Sandro ^a   Rizoli, Sandro B ^a   Geerts, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Blunt trauma; Computed tomography scanning; Pulmonary embolism; Thromboembolism prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DALTEPARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPRESSION GARMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SURVIVAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84864290635     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.12.028     Document Type: Article

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