Pulmonary embolism [[electronic resource] /] / by Paul D. Stein

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821783403321
• Autore: Stein Paul D
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, Mass. ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Futura, 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-31899-X; 9786611318994; 0-470-69204-9; 0-470-69132-8
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (488 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.2/49
• Soggetti: Pulmonary embolism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Pulmonary Embolism; Contents; Preface; Part I Prevalence, risks, and prognosis of pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis; 1 Pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis at autopsy; 2 Incidence of pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis in hospitalized patients; 3 Case fatality rate and population mortality rate from pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis; 4 Prognosis in acute pulmonary embolism based on right ventricular enlargement, prognostic models, and biochemical markers; 5 Changing risks of untreated deep venous thrombosis and acute pulmonary embolism; 6 Resolution of pulmonary embolism7 Upper extremity deep venous thrombosis; 8 Thromboembolic disease involving the superior vena cava and brachiocephalic veins; 9 Venous thromboembolic disease in the four seasons; 10 Regional differences in the United States of rates of diagnosis of pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis and mortality from pulmonary embolism, 47; 11 Venous thromboembolism in the elderly; 12 Pulmonary thromboembolism in infants and children; 13 Venous thromboembolism in men and women; 14 Comparison of the diagnostic process in black and white patients; 15 Pulmonary thromboembolism in Asians/Pacific Islanders16 Pulmonary thromboembolism in American Indians and Alaskan Natives; 17 Venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer; 18 Venous ; thromboembolism in patients with heart disease; 19 Venous thromboembolism in patients with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke; 20 Pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis in hospitalized adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; 21 Pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis in hospitalized patients with asthma; 22 Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients with sickle cell disease23 Venous thromboembolism in pregnancy; 24 Air travel as a risk for pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis; 25 Estrogen-containing oral contraceptives and venous thromboembolism; 26 Obesity as a risk factor in venous thromboembolism; 27 Hypercoagulable syndrome; Part II Diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis; 28 Deep venous thrombosis of the lower extremities: clinical evaluation; 29 Clinical model for assessment of deep venous thrombosis; 30 Clinical probability score plus single negative ultrasound for exclusion of deep venous thrombosis31 D-dimer for the exclusion of acute deep venous thrombosis; 32 D-dimer combined with clinical probability assessment for exclusion of acute deep venous thrombosis; 33 D-dimer and single negative compression ultrasound for exclusion of deep venous thrombosis; 34 Contrast venography; 35 Compression ultrasound for the diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis; 36 Impedance plethysmography and fibrinogen uptake tests for diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis; 37 Computed tomography for diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis
• Sommario/riassunto: "...the best book I've seen on this topic"-- William C. Roberts, MD, Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Cardiology, in a review of the first edition This second edition supplies the latest information on epidemiology, methods of diagnosis, preferred diagnostic pathways, new medications, and new recommendations for prophylaxis and treatment of pulmonary embolism and its immediate cause, deep vein thrombosis. Pulmonary Embolism, Second Edition, incorporates important data from the recent Prospective Investigation of Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis II (PIO