Outpatient or inpatient treatment for acute pulmonary embolism: a retrospective cohort study of 439 consecutive patients

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 26-36

  Werth, Sebastian ^a   Kamvissi, Virginia ^a   Stange, Thoralf ^b   Kuhlisch, Eberhard ^b   Weiss, Norbert ^a   Beyer Westendorf, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Management; Mortality; Outpatient treatment; Pulmonary embolism; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOPHILIA; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ACUTE DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTICOAGULANTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84941748855     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: 1573742X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-014-1141-y     Document Type: Article

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