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Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Embolism

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Although the true incidence of pulmonary embolism is unknown, it probably accounts for about 75 000 hospital admissions and up to 15 000 deaths annually in the UK. By no means all cases involve patients who are old, chronically sick or have terminal cancer [6,26].

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  1. University of London, London WC1, UK

    Jack Tinker BSc, FRCP, FRCS, DIC (Dean of Postgraduate Medicine, Honorary Consultant Physician) (Dean of Postgraduate Medicine, Honorary Consultant Physician)

  2. The Middlesex Hospital, London W1, UK

    Jack Tinker BSc, FRCP, FRCS, DIC (Dean of Postgraduate Medicine, Honorary Consultant Physician) (Dean of Postgraduate Medicine, Honorary Consultant Physician)

  3. Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, 02114, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Warren M. Zapol MD (Professor of Anaesthesia) (Professor of Anaesthesia)

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Oakley, C.M. (1992). Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Embolism. In: Tinker, J., Zapol, W.M. (eds) Care of the Critically Ill Patient. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3400-8_21

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