Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
Update on acute pulmonary embolism
... Compression ultrasonography (CUS) of the lower limb veins is used as an indirect method to diagnose PE. The finding of a proximal DVT in patients suspected of PE is sufficient to warrant anticoagulant treatment without ...
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Developments in the management and treatment of pulmonary embolism
... (Moderate Pulmonary Embolism Treated with Thrombolysis) trial, adding “low-dose” recombinant tissue plasminogen activator to anticoagulation led to earlier hospital discharge (after ...of pulmonary ...
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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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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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Peripartum pulmonary embolism: Anesthetic and surgical considerations
... peripartum pulmonary embolism is the leading cause of maternal ...mortality. Pulmonary embolism is either under diagnosed by attributing the sign and symptoms to the changes of pregnancy or ...
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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, but exposure to teratogenic factors should be avoided in pregnant ...radiological ...
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Imaging techniques for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism
... Abstract: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a cardiovascular emergency with high morbidity and ...cost-effective. Pulmonary angiography has a high diagnostic accuracy, but it is an invasive and ...
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Predictive value of troponins and simplified pulmonary embolism severity index in patients with normotensive pulmonary embolism
... or pulmonary diseases, are import- ant prognostic factors in patients with pulmonary embolism(PE) at hospital admission ...The Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index(PESI) is one of the ...
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Pulmonary Embolism in the Pediatric Emergency Department
... for admission diagnosis, PED discharge diagnosis, and hospital discharge di- agnosis where PE was included in the International Classi fi cation of Diseases, Ninth Revision diagnosis. If a patient presented to the study ...
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Pulmonary embolism in non brain tumor patients after surgery—a retrospective study in China
... tomographic pulmonary angiography; DVT: Deep vein thrombosis; MPV/PLT: Mean platelet volume divided by platelet count; PDW: Platelet distribution width; PE: Pulmonary embolism; ROC: Receiver ...
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An authoritative algorithm most appropriate for the prediction of pulmonary embolism in patients with AECOPD
... pulmonary embolism is ruled out in patients with none of the clinical signs of DVT, hemoptysis, or the most likely probability of pulmonary embolism and a D-dimer level of less than 1000 ng/ml ...
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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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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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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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Pulmonary Embolism: A Literature Review
... the pulmonary artery's vascular network is blocked, then a severe drop in blood pressure and acute bend of the right ventricular (acute cor pulmonale) is ...on pulmonary embolism depend on the ...
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A decision tree built with parameters obtained by computed tomographic pulmonary angiography is useful for predicting adverse outcomes in non-high-risk acute pulmonary embolism patients
... Acute pulmonary embolism (APE) is one of the leading causes of death in cardiovascular disease [1, 2]. Differenti- ating high-risk APE patients from others on the basis of hypotension [1] and treating this ...
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A Rare Presentation of Pulmonary Embolism: Cement Embolism after Vertebroplasty
... was symptomatic for pulmonary embolism, but was he- modynamically stable. Echocardiography (Echo) revealed an ejection fraction of 60% and a mean pulmonary arte- rial pressure of 25mmHg. The removal ...
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Acute ECG ST-segment elevation mimicking myocardial infarction in a patient with pulmonary embolism
... of pulmonary embo- lism are of low sensitivity and specificity ...of pulmonary embolism, but exact mechanism of this ECG changes remained unclear ...Paradoxical embolism was suggested as ...
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Sudden Maternal Deaths Probably Due to Obstetrical Pulmonary Embolism in Malaysia, 1991
... Sudden Maternal Deaths Probably Due to Obstetrical Pulmonary Embolism In Malaysia for 1991 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Sudden Maternal Deaths Probably Due to Obstetrical Pulmonary Embolism In Malaysia for 1991 J[.] ...
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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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