Open AccessPrognostic Impact of the Charlson Comorbidity Index on Mortality following Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Author(s) -
A. Ng,
Vincent Chow,
A. Yong,
Tommy Chung,
Leonard Kritharides
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000342024
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , hazard ratio , confidence interval , pulmonary embolism , charlson comorbidity index , comorbidity , surgery
It was the aim of this study to determine the prognostic significance of the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) following acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and assess the prognosis of patients without comorbidities (defined as a CCI score of 0).
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