Pulmonary Embolism
Multidisciplinary approach to the management of pulmonary embolism patients: the pulmonary embolism response team (PERT)
... Abstract: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially fatal disease with a broad range of treatment options that spans multiple ...multidisciplinary pulmonary embolism response teams ...
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Peripartum pulmonary embolism: Anesthetic and surgical considerations
... peripartum pulmonary embolism is perti- nent for reducing morbidity and ...tomographic pulmonary angio- graphy has a high specificity and sensitivity in com- parison to ventilation/perfusion scan for ...
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Improving efficiency of the diagnostic management of pulmonary embolism
... of pulmonary embolism was present on the basis of the patient’s reported symptoms, including sudden onset of dyspnea or chest ...If pulmonary embolism was suspected, management followed the ...
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Influenza infection and risk of acute pulmonary embolism
... with pulmonary embo- lism to patients with symptoms of chest pain and/or dys- pnoea, and not to a control group of randomly selected individuals, we still can not exclude the possibility that influenza leads to an ...
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Prognosis of patients with pulmonary embolism after rehabilitation
... submassive pulmonary embolism, iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis, and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a scientific statement from the American Heart ...
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Pulmonary embolism: new treatments for an old problem
... Abstract: Nonvitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants, previously referred to as novel oral anticoagulants, have emerged in recent years as attractive treatment options for acute pulmonary embolism (PE). ...
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Recurrent pulmonary embolism in a boy with antiphospholipid syndrome
... and pulmonary capillaritis, which is the most severe course of high mortality due to multi- ple vascular occlusive events ...[8]. Pulmonary embolism in APS associated with fever and elevated ...
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Overuse and underuse of pulmonary CT angiography in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism
... of pulmonary embolism, diagnosis procedure needs to be done with caution– for example bilateral lower limb Doppler ultrasound in pregnant women with suspect- ed pulmonary embolism if they ...
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Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism: a multidisciplinary approach
... Pulmonary embolism is a potentially life-threatening condi- tion, difficult to diagnose in several ...the pulmonary vasculature when pulmonary embolism is suspected in rou- tine ...
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Improving the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department
... of pulmonary embolism (PE) in the emergency department is challenging due to the wide range of non-specific symptoms, lack of clinical diagnostic criteria, and imperfect ...of pulmonary ...
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Pulmonary flow profile and distensibility following acute pulmonary embolism
... with pulmonary embolism (PE), which can both be evaluated by multi-detector row CT, is caused by increased ten- sion in the RV wall and may lead to RV dilatation and ischemia ...bolic pulmonary ...
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Combination of Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria and YEARS Algorithm in a European Cohort of Patients with Suspected Pulmonary Embolism
... A total number of 1443 patients with suspected PE were included the YEARS study in the two hospitals. Of these patients, 111 patients were excluded because they were hospitalized at the moment of inclusion, as were 16 ...
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Deep Vein Thrombosis or Pulmonary Embolism
... If a clot from your deep vein breaks off and travels through your bloodstream to an artery in your lungs, it can partially or completely block blood flow. This is called pulmonary embolism, or PE. This is a ...
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Clinical and echocardiographic predictors of mortality in acute pulmonary embolism
... The Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI) is an excellent clinical predictor of outcomes in patients with PE ...disease, pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary embolism [8, ...
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Impact of tenecteplase in intermediate and high risk pulmonary embolism
... <275 ng/ml was diagnosed with pulmonary embolism, irrespective of clinical probability. 12 The D-dimer test, irrespective of the sensitivity of the assay, cannot be specific in isolation. In this study ...
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Pulmonary embolism - assessment of risk factors and emboli locations
... ABBREVIATED DESRCIPTION OF THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE: We highlighted the importance of defining a genetic profile, personal and family history of VTE, especially in patients with atypical pulmonary symptoms. ...
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Thrombolysis for massive pulmonary embolism in pregnancy: a case report
... acute pulmonary embolism: the Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism of the European Society of Cardiology ...
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Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: a Four-Year Study
... During this 4 years period, there were a total number of 77 records with the codes of pulmonary embolism. Among those, 23 were excluded from the study considering the exclusion criteria. (Nine cases of ...
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Pulmonary embolism during pregnancy: How to avoid computed tomographic pulmonary angiography?
... tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) remains the gold standard in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE), but exposure to teratogenic factors should be avoided in pregnant ...
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Radiographic Patterns in Patients Diagnosed with Acute Pulmonary Embolism
... We classify chest radiography in the last group of tests mentioned by Riedel in his study, because chest x-ray can show abnormal findings for PE as an average test for sensitivity and it hints to suspect pulmonary ...
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