Occurrence of pulmonary embolism among 528 in-patients of acute geriatric department aged 65+ y
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angličtina
Original language name
Occurrence of pulmonary embolism among 528 in-patients of acute geriatric department aged 65+ y
Original language description
PE in the elderaly is immediate threat of life. Especially in old age clinical signs of PE are non-specific and could be both underdiagnosed and overdiagnosed. Optimal intensive treatment of the elderly should remove symptoms of the disease, achieve sufficient compensation of somatic status and prevent from complications. Their course of PE is more difficult and severe with higher mortality in comparison to younger people. In very old people with frailty and geriatric giants PE is relatively frequent occasional finding as a cause for the death at obduction without any previous clinical symptoms.
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
FE - Other fields of internal medicine
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2011
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů