Pulmonary embolism following severe traumatic brain injury: incidence, risk factors and impact outcome

Intensive Care Med. 2017 Sep;43(9):1433-1435. doi: 10.1007/s00134-017-4815-z. Epub 2017 May 11.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, 3029, Sfax, Tunisia. bahloulmab@yahoo.fr.
² Department of Intensive Care, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, 3029, Sfax, Tunisia.
³ Department of Orthopedics, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia.

PMID: 28497268
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-017-4815-z

No abstract available

Keywords: Intensive Care Unit; Intensive Care Unit Admission; Nosocomial Infection; Pulmonary Embolism; Traumatic Brain Injury.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Brain Injuries, Traumatic / diagnostic imaging
Brain Injuries, Traumatic / mortality*
Female
Humans
Intensive Care Units / statistics & numerical data*
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism / mortality*
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Severity of Illness Index
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tunisia / epidemiology
Young Adult