Sub-segmental pulmonary embolism in three academic teaching hospitals: A review of management and outcomes

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 214-218

  Goy, J ^a   Lee, J ^b   Levine, O ^b   Chaudhry, S ^c   Crowther, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Multidetector computed tomography; Outcome assessment (health care); Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolism; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; CANADA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84922767506     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jth.12803     Document Type: Article

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