Pulmonary embolism: clinical presentation and diagnosis in the oldest old

Pulmonary embolism: clinical presentation and diagnosis in the oldest old

The incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE) in the oldest old (persons aged ≥85) is increasing, but there are limited data on its clinical features and diagnosis. We performed a retrospective cohort study of 302 consecutive patients with confirmed PE and compared the oldest old to the young (aged

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Veröffentlicht in:Internal medicine journal 2020-05, Vol.50 (5), p.627-631
Hauptverfasser: Chan, Ting F., Ngian, Vincent J. J., Hsu, Kelvin, Frankel, Anthony, Ong, Bin S.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Age
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Chest Pain - diagnosis
Chest Pain - epidemiology
Chest Pain - etiology
Diagnosis
Dyspnea
Dyspnea - diagnosis
Dyspnea - epidemiology
Dyspnea - etiology
Embolism
Embolisms
Health risk assessment
Humans
oldest old
Prevalence
pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary Embolism - diagnosis
Pulmonary Embolism - epidemiology
Pulmonary embolisms
Respiration
Retrospective Studies
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Zusammenfassung:The incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE) in the oldest old (persons aged ≥85) is increasing, but there are limited data on its clinical features and diagnosis. We performed a retrospective cohort study of 302 consecutive patients with confirmed PE and compared the oldest old to the young (aged
ISSN:1444-0903
1445-5994
DOI:10.1111/imj.14824