title: [Prevention of perioperative pulmonary thromboembolism: summary].
abstract: Perioperative pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is a potentially lethal disease, but its diagnosis is often missed because of the nonspecific signs and symptoms. Once PTE has occurred, one fifth of patients die in Japan. Therefore its prevention in perioperative period and the unified way of treatment after initial PTE is important for hospitalized patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara.
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furuya
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*