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What are the mortality risk factors in elderly compared to young patients with acute pulmonary embolism?
What are the mortality risk factors in elderly compared to young patients with acute pulmonary embolism?
Highlights need for vigilant elderly PE care; leaves open whether factors enhance prediction beyond sPESI in prospective studies.
Objective: To determine clinical, radiological, and laboratory findings as well as mortality rates in younger and older patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) and investigate risk factors associated with mortality in elderly patients. Materials and Methods: We have evaluated patients with acute PE. Characteristics of patients, presence of deep vein thrombosis,
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Demir et al. (2016) studied this question.
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