Pulmonary embolism in the elderly

Busby, Wendy, Bayer, Antony James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7514-248X and Pathy, John 1988. Pulmonary embolism in the elderly. Age and Ageing 17 (3) , pp. 205-209. 10.1093/ageing/17.3.205

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Abstract

A retrospective study was made of a consecutive series of patients over 65 years of age diagnosed as having a pulmonary embolus by either ventilation-perfusion lung scan or at necropsy. No clinical features were particularly helpful in making the diagnosis though signs of deep-vein thrombosis were present in 35%. Anticoagulants were well tolerated by all patients to whom they were prescribed. Postmortem findings showed a decreasing frequency of pulmonary emboli in the elderly which may indicate a reduction in predisposing factors.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0002-0729
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 12:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/50010

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