Pulmonary Embolism in Children and Adolescenta
Authors:
I. Kholová
Authors‘ workplace:
Fingerlandův ústav patologie Lékařské fakulty UK a Fakultní nemocnice, Hradec Králové
Published in:
Čes.-slov. Patol., , 2001, No. 1, p. 15-17
Category:
Overview
We present a necropsy study of 25 Children (age 0-15 yeara) and 7 adolescenta (age 16-18 years) with the diagnosis of macroscopic pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). PTE occurred along with a serious disease, e.g. tumour or general infection, and when the subjects had some of the following risk factors, e.g. immobilization, tumours, cardiovascular diseases, operations, obezity, septic state, peritonitis, cachexia and placement of central venous cathetera.
Key words:
pulmonary embolism - childhood - adolescence - risk factors of pulmonary embolism
Labels
Anatomical pathology Forensic medical examiner ToxicologyArticle was published in
Czecho-Slovak Pathology
2001 Issue 1
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