Contribution to the diagnostic study of pulmonary embolism occurring as a complication of operations for the insertion of hip prostheses.
The authors report the clinical, electrocardiographic and radiological aspects of pulmonary embolism as a post-operative complication which occurred in 46 patients after total hip replacement. They discuss the relative value of their findings in relation to arriving at a correct diagnosis, which they believe should be possible without recourse to more complicated procedures such as the use of contrast media radiography.
D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography