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15970718

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-22
pubmed:abstractText
This study was planned to investigate the characteristics of clinical and laboratory findings of patients with fever diagnosed as pulmonary embolism (PE) in comparison with PE patients without fever and patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Thirty-nine PE patients with fever without other identifiable causes (18 received antibiotics and 21 did not receive antibiotics) (study groups) were included in the study. 22 patients with PE without fever and 21 patients diagnosed with CAP were retrospectively selected as control groups. Daily peak body temperature, risk factors for PE, symptoms, and physical and laboratory findings at admission were recorded. Patients with CAP demonstrated higher body temperature than PE patients with fever (38.5+/-0.6 versus 37.8+/-0.6 degrees C, P=0.0001). Fever patterns were similar between the three groups of patients who had fever. The leukocyte count and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) were slightly higher in the group of PE with fever versus PE without fever (11,465.6+/-4229.4/mm, 51.1+/-34.7/mm/h versus 10,777.3+/-4927.6/mm, 35.2+/-30.1/mm/h, respectively) (P>0.05). The group of CAP showed significantly highest values of leukocyte count and ESR (15,490.5+/-5606.3/mm, 69.1+/-35.9/mm per h, respectively) (P<0.05). This study suggested that fever might accompany with PE. The presence of slight leukocytosis and increased ESR may not securely differentiate PE patients with fever from patients with CAP.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0957-5235
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
341-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Fever in pulmonary embolism.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gazi University School of Medicine, and Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. nkokturk@gazi.edu.tr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study