The prevalence of pulmonary embolism among patients suffering from acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 257-260

  Shapira Rootman, Mika ^a,b   Beckerman, Marinella ^a,b   Soimu, Uri ^a,b   Nachtigal, Alicia ^a,b   Zeina, Abdel Rauf ^a,b  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); D dimer; Exacerbation; Pulmonary CTA; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CREATININE; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D; IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY; SPIROMETRY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOMARKERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CREATININE; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84939952747     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: 14381435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-014-1280-7     Document Type: Article

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