Prospective comparison of clinical prognostic scores in elder patients with a pulmonary embolism

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2270-2276

  Zwierzina, D ^a   Limacher, A ^b   Mean M ^a   Righini, M ^c   Jaeger, K ^d   Beer, H J ^e   Frauchiger, B ^f   Osterwalder, J ^g   Kucher, N ^a   Matter, C M ^h   Banyai, M ⁱ   Angelillo Scherrer, A ^j   Lammle B ^a   Egloff, M ^e   Aschwanden, M ^d   Mazzolai, L ^j   Hugli, O ^j   Husmann, M ^k   Bounameaux, H ^c   Cornuz, J ^l   Rodondi, N ^a   Aujesky, D ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e Kantonsspital Baden   (Switzerland)

^f Kantonsspital Frauenfeld   (Switzerland)

^g CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^j LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

more..

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Prognostic scores; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENEVA PROGNOSTIC SCORE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM SEVERITY INDEX; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMPLIFIED PULMONARY EMBOLISM SEVERITY INDEX; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ELDERLY PATIENTS; PROGNOSTIC SCORES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868146399     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04929.x     Document Type: Article

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