Publication details
Pulmonary Embolism in Old Age: Has It Any Exceptionality And Uniqueness?
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | Pulmonary embolism (PE) in the elderly means an immediate threat of life. Especially in very old age clinical signs of PE are non-specific and could be both underdiagnosed and overdiagnosed. The significant share of the PE hospitalized patients is a group of people of advanced age (between 25-50%). |