Rates of overtreatment and treatment-related adverse effects among patients with subsegmental pulmonary embolism

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1272-1274

  Raslan, Ismail A ^a   Chong, Jaron ^b   Gallix, Benoît ^b   Lee, Todd C ^b   McDonald, Emily G ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL OVERUSE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 85052690985     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.2971     Document Type: Letter

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