The relationship between socio-demographic characteristics of patients and diagnostic delay in acute pulmonary thromboembolism

BÜLBÜL Y., AYIK S., ÖZTUNA F., ÖZLÜ T., SAHIN S.

UPSALA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.116, sa.1, ss.72-76, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 116 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3109/03009734.2010.530701
  • Dergi Adı: UPSALA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.72-76
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background. In pulmonary thromboembolism (PE), delay to diagnosis is very common. In this study, we examined the role of patients and the socio-demographic characteristics in delayed diagnosis of PE.