Citation

Brakenridge SC, Toomay SM, Sheng JL, Gentilello LM, Shafi S. Am. J. Surg. 2011; 201(2): 209-215.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.12.005

PMID

20385370

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors predictive of pulmonary embolus (PE) timing after a traumatic injury. METHODS: One hundred eight traumatic injury patients with a confirmed diagnosis of PE were classified as early PE (4 days, n = 54). Independent predictors of early versus late PE were identified using multivariate logistic regression. RESULTS: Half the PEs were diagnosed

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