Less than 200 cases of main pulmonary artery aneurysms have been reported and most came from autopsy series. The aneurysms may be associated with congenital cardiovascular lesions, syphilis, degenerative changes in the arterial wall and possibly trauma. Pulmonary artery aneurysm is a true entity which can occur with or without typical clinical findings. Physicians should pay more attention to t...

Background: The risk of developing pulmonary embolism (PE) is high in patients infected with COVID-19, and its diagnosis a severe challenge for healthcare professionals duringthe COVID-19 pandemic. Physicians are frequently usingcomputed tomography angiography(CTPA), d-dimer, well score the PE. Methods: A retrospective study was used which we investigated reliability clinical scores by collecti...

A survey of American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) members was conducted to determine their degree of involvement in the diagnosis and prevention of occupational and environmental respiratory disease (OERD). Although the response rate was relatively low, the results are likely to be representative. Calculations based on the data estimate that in the prior year, chest physicians on the aver...

PURPOSE To prospectively investigate the fetal dosimetry knowledge of health care professionals involved in the management of pulmonary embolism. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred sixty-one health care professionals consented to participate in this study, which had ethical board approval. The individuals surveyed were from 14 hospitals (seven university and seven community hospitals) in the U...

KEY FINDINGS Data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2012 •Physician office visit rates for well care were lower for school-aged (those aged 6-11 years) children (31 per 100 population) and adolescents aged 12-17 years (29 per 100 population) than for younger children (349 and 74 per 100 population for children under age 1 year and 1-5 years, respectively). •Visit rates for well ...

The second step is information. It should be clear, simple and repetitive, keeping in mind that we only hear what interests us. Therefore, it is important to repeat and repeat, with different approaches, again and again. A well informed patient is better equipped to assume the treatment. The information is completely our responsibility; it should be verbal, written and visual1-3. It should be n...

BACKGROUND While ultrasound (US) has continued to expedite diagnosis and therapy for critical care physicians inside the hospital system, the technology has been slow to diffuse into the pre-hospital system. Given the diagnostic benefits of thoracic ultrasound (TUS), we sought to evaluate image recognition skills for two important TUS applications; the identification of B-lines (used in the US ...

A NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH Consensus Development Conference, held at NIH April 10-12, 1980, addressed the issue of thrombolytic therapy* for the management of acute deep-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. At NIH, consensus development conferences bring together biomedical research scientists, practicing physicians, consumers, and others as appropriate in an effort to reach general agr...

2003;123;1693-1717 Chest Armin Ernst, Gerard A. Silvestri and David Johnstone Chest Physicians Guidelines from the American College of Interventional Pulmonary Procedures: http://chestjournals.org and services can be found online on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information ). ISSN: 0012-3692. http://www.chestjournal.org/misc/reprints.shtml ( of t...