Fatal pulmonary thromboembolism after prolonged physical immobilization in hospitalized psychiatric patients
Background/Aim. Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) may be one of the causes of sudden death in hospitalized psychiatric patients. The aim of our study was to investigate whether fatal PTE in these patients may be the result of their prolonged physical immobilization, particularly when there were ass...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Military Health Department, Ministry of Defance, Serbia
2013-01-01
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Series: | Vojnosanitetski Pregled |
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Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2013/0042-84501310903S.pdf |