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CONTEXT Previous studies have evaluated the safety of relatively complex combinations of clinical decision rules and diagnostic tests in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical effectiveness of a simplified algorithm using a dichotomized clinical decision rule, D-dimer testing, and computed tomography (CT) in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. D...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Pulmonary embolism is potentially life-threatening in patients with lung cancer, but the clinical studies on patients with lung cancer having asymptomatic pulmonary embolism were barely reported. METHODS Clinical data of patients with lung cancer were obtained from the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine of Tianjin Chest Hospital during July 2012 and ...

BACKGROUND There are few population-based data regarding the effectiveness of inferior vena cava filter use in the prevention of symptomatic pulmonary embolism. OBJECTIVE To determine the 1-year cumulative incidence of rehospitalization for venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism among patients with thromboembolism treated with a vena cava filter compared with the incidence in a control popul...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this review is to focus on recent research that has addressed the relative merits of computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) and ventilation perfusion (V/Q) scanning for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. RECENT FINDINGS Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography is the most sensitive test for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism and its use has bee...

OBJECTIVES To determine the association between physical inactivity (that is, a sedentary lifestyle) and incident idiopathic pulmonary embolism. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Nurses' Health Study. PARTICIPANTS 69 950 female nurses who completed biennial questionnaires from 1990 to 2008. Main outcome measures The primary outcome was idiopathic pulmonary embolism confirmed in med...

For the majority of patients with pulmonary embolism the recommended therapy consists of a 5 to 7 day treatment with heparin followed by a treatment with oral anticoagulants given for at least 3 months. The currently recommended duration of oral anticoagulant treatment for pulmonary embolism is the result of the balance between the benefit provided by treatment, essentially the prevention of re...

Pulmonary embolism is a blockage of main artery or one of its branches of lung by the fat, amniotic fluid, embolisation of air or any other foreign substances. It is also due to formation of thrombus [blood clot] in the arteries of lung. Due to the pulmonary embolism the blood circulation in the body will be effected. Sometimes PE leads to death also by the lacking of breathing. In USA the annu...

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OBJECTIVE Pulmonary embolism is an underdiagnosed major cause of death for hospitalized patients. The objective of this study was to identify the conditions associated with fatal pulmonary embolism in this population. METHODS A total of 13,074 autopsy records were evaluated in a case-control study. Patients were matched by age, sex, and year of death, and factors potentially associated with f...