Changing trends in venous thromboembolism-related imaging in western australian teaching hospitals, 2002-2010

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 100-103

  Segard, Tatiana ^a   Macdonald, Williamm B G ^b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84874584168     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.11002     Document Type: Article

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