Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common life threatening condition in daily practice. Incidence of PE has been reported to be 112.3 cases per 100,000 patients [1,2]. Several prognostic models have been examined in patients with acute PE. The Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI) and the simplified PESI (sPESI) are among the most well studied models. sPESI scoring system is shown in Table 1. Othe...

Background—Despite effective treatment with anticoagulants, 2% to 7% of patients with pulmonary embolism will die as a result of their disease. Methods and Results—We examined in 110 consecutive patients with pulmonary embolism whether plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), a novel marker of (right) ventricular dysfunction, is a predictor of fatal pulmonary embolism. The relationship between B...

Purpose: This paper aims to realize an analysis of available radio-imaging methods for outlining various forms of pulmonary embolism (acute or chronic) with highlights on the semiology and adequate medical indications. Methods: There are several types of radiological examinations used in the evaluation of pulmonary embolism such as perfusion scintigraphy V/Q, digital subtraction angiography, co...

Dyspnoea is a common reason of hospital admission in elderly people. We report two elderly patients who presented with dyspnoea due to acute massive pulmonary embolism. Early diagnosis could not be made in the first patient so that specific treatment could not be given to him. He deteriorated and succumbed soon after admission. The second patient, an old lady, had rather unstable vital signs on...

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CHEST I 103 I 5 1 MAY, 1993 1639 in terms of reduction of morbidity and/or mortality, the administration of heparin alone, followed by coumadin, should continue to be considered the standard of care and should be the therapy in the vast majority of cases of pulmonary embolism . Aside from perhaps use in patients dying ofthe obstructive effects ofthe acute embolism, the role of thrombolytic ther...

    Background: Since pulmonary angiography is the only non-invasive method for diagnosing pulmonary embolism, the use of radiation reduction methods without affecting the quality of images seems necessary. One of the simplest reasons for unnecessarily increasing of patient exposure is repetitive imaging due to poor image quality. Therefore, it is necessary to identify and ...

Acute pulmonary oedema usually has a fatal outcome. In this clinical report, we present rare cases of pulmonary oedema that were associated with Japanese B encephalitis, lymphangitis in breast carcinoma, fat embolism due to long-bone fracture, and the rupture of cerebral mycotic aneurysms. A total of 18 patients in the four disease categories were collected in two teaching hospitals in Taipei a...