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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 1983;12(2): 239-243. |
Pulmonary Embolism in Neurosurgical Patients : A Mortality Cases Analysis. |
Byung Kyu Cho, Hyun Jip Kim, Bo Sung Sim |
Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. |
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ABSTRACT |
Pulmonary emboli originate from deep vein thrombi which occur frequently in pregnancies, prolonged bed-ridden state, cardiac diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, etc.. The authors analyzed 10 cases of sudden unexplained deaths and found that 4 cases of them probably had pulmonary embolism as a cause of deterioration and death. The estimated pulmonary embolism-related operative mortality was 0.1-0.3% according to the degree of suspicion. Most of the natural course of the disease are rapidly progressive ones and it is sometimes very difficult and impractical to obtain a definite diagnosis due to rapid deterioration and /or sudden death before studies. So the recognition of predisposing factors and prevention in risky patients are stressed. |
Key Words:
Pulmonary embolism; Deep vein thrombosis; Predisposing factors; Prevention |
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