Diagnosis of elderly inpatiens with pulmonary thromboembolism
- VernacularTitle:老年住院患者肺血栓栓塞的诊断
- Author:
Chunping LIU
;
Mixia LIU
;
Xiaofang YAN
;
Weixuan LU
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pulmonary embolism;
Venous thrombosis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
2000;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the diagnostic status of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) for inpatients in Peking Union hospital Methods Inpatients diagnosed acute PTE from January 1999 to December 2002 were reviewed and divided by sex, age and risk factors Results Among 78 844 inpatients, 155 were diagnosed PTE during 4 year period, 73 of 27 100 in men (0 27%) vs 82 of 51 744(0 16%)in women, and 52 of 17 459 (0 30% ) in elderly patients(≥60 years) vs 103 of 61 385 (0 17% ) in non elderly patients(
