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Unsuspected Pulmonary Embolism in Observation Unit Patients

OBJECTIVE: Many emergency department (ED) patients with cardiopulmonary symptoms such as chest pain or dyspnea are placed in observation units but do not undergo specific diagnostic testing for pulmonary embolism (PE). The role of observation units in the diagnosis of PE has not been studied. We hyp...

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Autores principales: Limkakeng, Alexander T., Glickman, Seth W., Cairns, Charles B., Chandra, Abhinav
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2729208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19718369