Pulmonary thromboembolism is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing lower extremity orthopedic surgery. Early diagnosis and appropriate management are important clinical challenges. In this case, massive pulmonary embolism causing sudden cardiac arrest was attributed to use of tourniquet inflation during lower extremity orthopedic surgery. Resuscitati...

– Aim This prospective analysis is carried out to study the utility of 64 slice CT in depicting the plueroparenchymal features and vascular appearances accompanying pulmonary thromboembolism and to study the significance of them. Materials and Methods In this study between January to June 2016, patients referred for dedicated CT angiography with symptoms related to pulmonary embolism were analy...

Although thromboembolic phenomena are frequent complications in lower-limb surgery, there are only two cases of pulmonary thromboembolism following shoulder arthroscopy in the literature. We describe the case of a 76-year-old patient with pulmonary embolism in both lungs after shoulder arthroscopy. No vascular abnormalities were found and no origin for the thrombus was detected. The exact cause...

BACKGROUND The incidence of venous thromboembolism has not been well described, and there are no studies of long-term trends in the incidence of venous thromboembolism. OBJECTIVES To estimate the incidence of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism and to describe trends in incidence. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of the complete medical records from a population-based inc...

INTRODUCTION Rapid diagnosis and treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism reduce mortality and morbidity. The aim of this study is to investigate delays in treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism and related factor in a developing country. MATERIALS AND METHODS We prospectively investigated 353 patients with diagnosis deep vein thrombosis and/or ...

BACKGROUND Although pulmonary infarction is usually associated with pulmonary thromboembolism, it can occur with other disorders such as vasculitis, angioinvasive infections, sickle-cell disease, tumor embolism, and pulmonary torsion. STUDY OBJECTIVE To identify causes and presenting features of pulmonary infarctions diagnosed by surgical biopsy in a consecutive series of patients encountered...

Background:The effect of incidental pulmonary embolism (PE) on long-term prognosis in cancer patients is unclear. This study assessed the characteristics and venous thromboembolism (VTE) PE identified by oncologists survival with cancer.