[Pulmonary embolism in general medicine. Characteristics and diagnostic elements].
Natural history of pulmonary embolism observed during a 4-year period in a non-discriminayory Department of Internal Medicine, with reference to 7,843 admissions : 2 per cent of patients, 9 per cent of deaths, 22 per cent of post-mortem examinations. Value of various paraclinical examinations, more especially ECG, lung scintigraphy and determination of blood gases.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
L'embolie pulmonaire en médecine générale. Caractères et éléments de diagnostic.