How common is pulmonary embolism compared to acute myocardial infarction among patients with severe mental illnesses?

Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2020 Apr;74(4):277-278. doi: 10.1111/pcn.12978. Epub 2020 Jan 27.

Authors

Takuto Ishida^{1

2}, Kie Takahashi^{2

3}, Kazuhiro Sugiyama¹, Yuichi Hamabe¹, Masaru Mimura², Takefumi Suzuki^{2

4}, Hiroyuki Uchida²

Affiliations

¹ Tertiary Emergency Medical Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Neuropsychiatry, Tokyo Saiseikai Chuo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Yamanashi Faculty of Medicine, Yamanashi, Japan.

PMID: 31930689
DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12978

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Comorbidity
Female
Humans
Japan / epidemiology
Male
Mental Disorders / epidemiology*
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology*
Prevalence
Pulmonary Embolism / epidemiology*
Sex Factors