Pulmonary embolism: The weekend effect

Chest

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 690-696

  Nanchal, Rahul ^a   Kumar, Gagan ^a   Taneja, Amit ^a   Patel, Jayshil ^a   Deshmukh, Abhishek ^b   Tarima, Sergey ^a   Jacobs, Elizabeth R ^a   Whittle, Jeff ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; VENA CAVA FILTER;

EID: 84865851848     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-2663     Document Type: Article

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