Prevention of perioperative pulmonary thromboembolism: summary

Furuya, H.

Masui. Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology 56(7): 808-809

2007


ISSN/ISBN: 0021-4892
PMID: 17633841
Document Number: 611971
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.

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