Pulmonary embolism
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons Inc
[2016]
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| Edición: | 3rd ed |
| Colección: | Wiley ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b40609364*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Dedication; Prologue; The ancient history of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism; References; Preface to the Third Edition; About the companion website; Introduction; References; Part I: Prevalence, risks, and prognosis of pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis; Chapter 1: Pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis at autopsy; Prevalence of pulmonary embolism at autopsy; Large or fatal PE at autopsy; Small PE at autopsy; Unsuspected PE at autopsy; Rate and sequence of organization of thromboemboli; Deep venous thrombosis at autopsy.
- Forward thrombosis versus retrograde thrombosisCollateral veins around occlusions; Thrombophlebitis and phlebothrombosis; Valve pockets as site of origin of DVT; References; Chapter 2: Incidence of pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis in hospitalized patients and in emergency departments; Pulmonary embolism in hospitals; Pulmonary embolism in emergency departments; Deep venous thrombosis in hospitals; Deep venous thrombosis in emergency departments; Vena cava thrombosis; References.
- Chapter 3: Case fatality rate and population mortality rate from pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosisCase fatality rate of patients with pulmonary embolism before early diagnosis by imaging was available; Case fatality rate of untreated patients with pulmonary embolism in the present era; Case fatality rate of patients with deep venous thrombosis; Treated patients with pulmonary embolism compared with treated patients with deep venous thrombosis; Case fatality rate of pulmonary embolism in the present era; Stable patients with pulmonary embolism.
- Unstable patients with pulmonary embolismEarly death from pulmonary embolism; Case fatality rate attributable to pulmonary embolism; Case fatality rate according to age; Population mortality rate from PE; References; Chapter 4: Prognosis in acute pulmonary embolism based on right ventricular enlargement and biochemical markers in stable patients; Right ventricular enlargement and prognosis in stable patients; Cardiac troponins and prognosis; Cardiac troponin levels in combination with right ventricular dysfunction or right ventricular dilatation.
- Randomized controlled trial: thrombolytic therapy in patients with elevated cardiac troponin and RV dysfunctionMyoglobin; Natriuretic peptides; Serum uric acid; Creatine kinase isoenzyme MB; Plasma heart-type fatty acid binding protein; References; Chapter 5: Prognosis in acute pulmonary embolism based on scoring systems; Identification of high-risk patients; Identification of low-risk patients potentially eligible for home treatment of PE; Comparison of outcome in low-risk patients according to scoring system; Cardiac biomarkers for assessment of low risk; References.
