PUlmonary embolism Low incidence in chronic renal failure
- 1 September 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 142 (9) , 1646-1648
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.142.9.1646
Abstract
The records of 2255 autopsies performed on adults between 1 Jan. 1969 and 31 Dec. 1981 were reviewed for the presence of pulmonary embolism. The overall incidence was 32.3% (18.4% microscopic; 4% macroscopic; and 9.9% both). During this period, 95 patients with chronic renal failure (serum creatinine level > 5.0 mg/dl) were identified. The incidence in this group was 9.47% (all microscopic). Pulmonary embolism apparently is an infrequent cause of mortality in patients with chronic renal failure.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: