Pulmonary Embolism With Tobacco Dependence Linked to 30-Day Readmission
Patients with tobacco dependence and pulmonary embolism are likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of initial discharge due to pulmonary embolism.
Patients with tobacco dependence and pulmonary embolism are likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of initial discharge due to pulmonary embolism.
A dedicated diagnostic algorithm has been proposed for suspected pulmonary embolism in pregnancy.
Patients who received thrombolysis during cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with confirmed pulmonary embolism had significantly higher 30-day survival rates vs patients who did not receive thrombolysis.
A 65-year-old woman with breast cancer and hypertension has been experiencing progressive dyspnea on exertion after complications from chemotherapy.
Findings were seen in severely injured patients with a contraindication to prophylactic anticoagulation.
Patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension had increased plasma concentrations of osteopontin, which may be involved in fibrotic remodeling.
Mechanical thrombectomy with the FlowTriever system appears to effectively treat intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism.
Investigators sought to determine whether there is a link between the frequency of recent ischemic stroke in patients with symptomatic pulmonary embolism and patent foramen ovale.
Expert radiologists can accurately identify patients who will later be diagnosed with CTEPH by evaluating the computed tomography pulmonary angiogram scan performed in the setting of suspected acute pulmonary embolism using 6 standardized radiologic parameters.
The VTE-BLEED risk score identified patients with pulmonary embolism at risk for in-hospital major
bleeding.