Prognostic impact of the charlson comorbidity index on mortality following acute pulmonary embolism

Respiration

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 408-416

  Ng, Austin Chin Chwan ^a   Chow, Vincent ^a   Yong, Andy Sze Chiang ^a   Chung, Tommy ^a   Kritharides, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charlson score; Comorbidity; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876494416     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342024     Document Type: Article

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