Prognostic value of the charlson comorbidity index in pulmonary embolism

Respiration

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 438-

  Golpe, Rafael ^a   Pérez De Llano, Luis A ^a   Castro Añón, Olalla ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LUCUS AUGUSTI   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CREATININE CLEARANCE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 84876478429     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000346982     Document Type: Letter

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