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... subsegmental pulmonary arteries, making it easier to detect smaller more distal emboli, the prevalence of isolated ssPE was still lower in the YEARS cohort than in the Christopher cohort, supporting the validity ... See full document

... This clinical utility of the tests under study is determined by the ability of accurately distin- guishing PE patients at high or low risk of early complications, thereby identifying a specific patient group that profits ... See full document

... initial diagnostic test. With all diagnostic failures by PERC at baseline in patients with at least one YEARS item, it could be argued that these failures did not occur in the patient category for which ... See full document

... subsegmental pulmonary embolism (ssPE) has doubled with advances in computed tomography pulmonary angiogra- phy (CTPA) technology, but its clinical relevance is ...YEARS diagnostic algorithm ... See full document

... This diagnostic management strategy was prospectively validated in a large Dutch cohort and has proved effective and safe ...to diagnostic protocol ...improve diagnostic yield of CTPA by ... See full document

... Abstract: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a cardiovascular emergency with high morbidity and ...The diagnostic workup of patients with suspected acute PE remains difficult due to a wide spectrum of ... See full document

... The diagnostic strategy [12, 13, 19, 21, 22] for patients with suspected high-risk PE is shown in ...the pulmonary thromboemboli down to at least the segmental level but also RV enlarge- ment as an ... See full document

... current diagnostic and therapeutic methods of VTE is presented along with the Emory University Affiliated Hospitals’ experience of the surgical treatment of life threatening ...underwent pulmonary ... See full document

... PE management suggest that patients with low risk sPESI score estigations such as right heart dysfunction and myocardial damage assessment and could be early discharged from hospital and/or treated at home after ... See full document

... Clinical scoring systems may be a guide for the diag- nostic management of patients in whom PE is suspected. The empirical scoring system and Wells criteria have been found to be the most useful methods for ... See full document

... The PERC is commonly accepted for use in patients with a low pre- test probability of PE, allowing the diagnosis to be excluded without requiring d-dimer testing (hence avoiding some inevitable false positive d-dimers) ... See full document

... fellows, who form the backbone of the MGH PERT, bring a unique and highly specialized diagnostic and technical exper- tise to the frontline of PE care. These fellows are generally Post Graduate Year - 8 trainees, ... See full document

... Figure 1 Algorithm for the outpatient management of pulmonary embolism (PE).*If imaging cannot be undertaken same day, then patients may be considered for empirical treatment with either ... See full document

... with pulmonary embolism, the diag- nosis was verified in 133 with CT scans, in 5 with high probability ventilation/perfusion scans, in 13 by autopsy, and by clinical signs or symptoms of pulmonary ... See full document

... Regarding the prescribed dosage of drug only two cases (3.7%) were consistent with one of the mentioned protocols that in one case 40000 units of heparin in 24 hours and in another case which had been operated one week ... See full document

... Arterial blood gases have been extensively evaluated in the diagnostic work-up of patients with suspected PE. In some reports [4,7,13–15] the finding of arterial blood gas abnormalities was regarded as a valid ... See full document

... ARIC: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities; BIA: Bioelectrical impedance analysis; BMI: Body mass index; CHS: Cardiovascular Health Study; INR: International Normalized Ratio; LITE: Longitudinal Investigation of ... See full document

... 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[.] ... See full document

... Abstract: Pulmonary fibrosis is associated with a number of specific forms of interstitial lung disease (ILD) and can lead to progressive decline in lung function, poor quality of life, and, ultimately, early ... See full document

... Venous duplex of extremity/inferior vena cava (IVC) was performed in 11 cases and diagnostic of a deep vein thrombosis in 5/11 cases. Direct tumor venous invasion at the primary tumor site was noted in eight cases ... See full document