Clinical features of pulmonary embolism in elderly: A comparative study of 64 patients;Particularités cliniques de l'embolie pulmonaire chez la personne âgée: Étude comparative de 64 patients

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 353-356

  Tisserand, G ^a,b   Gil, H ^a   Meaux Ruault N ^a   Magy Bertrand, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; CHEST PAIN; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMOBILIZATION; NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNCOPE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST PAIN; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84901250465     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: 17683122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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