ALLMedicine™ Pulmonary Embolism Center

Oct 23rd, 2021 - Stroke is the third leading cause of early death worldwide. Most ischaemic strokes are caused by a blood clot blocking an artery in the brain. Patient outcomes might be improved if they are offered anticoagulants that reduce their risk of developi...

Oct 22nd, 2021 - This is a study to learn more about French patients who have peripheral artery disease (PAD) and who have had a revascularization procedure. With this procedure, doctors use surgery or a thin tube (called a catheter) to open a narrow or blocked bl...

Oct 20th, 2021 - Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an effective cardiopulmonary support therapy, which can provide temporary cardiopulmonary support for critically ill patients whose condition cannot be reversed by conventional therapy. However, there ...

Oct 19th, 2021 - Overview Diagnostic tests help physicians revise disease probability for their patients. When ordering a test, the physician should always do so in order to answer a specific question. The 5 main reasons for a diagnostic test are as follows: Estab...

Oct 19th, 2021 - The α1 -antitrypsin Z (rs28929474) allele may lead to alterations in hemostasis either through liver disease or effects on coagulation factors. To test the hypothesis that the α1 -antitrypsin Z genetic variant is associated with increased risk of ...

Apr 27th, 2021 - The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guideline to provide clinical recommendations on the appropriate use of point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) in patients with acute dyspnea in emergency department (ED) or inpatient settings...

Nov 25th, 2020 - Patients with cancer are at higher risk of more severe COVID-19 infection and have more associated complications. The position paper describes the management of cancer patients, especially those receiving anticancer treatment, during the COVID-19 ...

Oct 3rd, 2020 - Venous thromboembolism (VTE), which includes deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), occurs in ∼1 to 2 individuals per 1000 each year, corresponding to ∼300 000 to 600 000 events in the United States annually. These evidence-based ...

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May 7th, 2020 - Iliofemoral venous thrombosis carries a high risk for pulmonary embolism, recurrent deep vein thrombosis, and post-thrombotic syndrome complicating 30% to 71% of those affected. The clinical scenarios in which iliofemoral venous thrombosis is mana...

Oct 22nd, 2021 - This is a study to learn more about French patients who have peripheral artery disease (PAD) and who have had a revascularization procedure. With this procedure, doctors use surgery or a thin tube (called a catheter) to open a narrow or blocked bl...

Oct 15th, 2021 - The primary objective is to compare the safety of edoxaban with the standard of care (SOC) in pediatric subjects with cardiac diseases at risk of thromboembolic complications who need primary or secondary anticoagulant prophylaxis with regard to t...

Oct 15th, 2021 - Pertrochanteric femoral fracture is a frequent orthopaedic emergency in the elderly and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Surgical reduction and subsequent fixation is the definitive therapy for most patients. Recent clinical...

Oct 11th, 2021 - Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), first identified in Wuhan, China in December of 2019, has become a worldwide pandemic with widespread illness and mortality. Clinical manifestations of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-1...

Oct 11th, 2021 - Venous thromboembolic disease (VTE) is a common clinical entity whose two manifestations are deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). After an acute PE, almost half of the patients complain residual dyspnea, despite well-conducted c...

Oct 13th, 2021 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The plasma D-dimer assay has been used, along with clinical prediction scores, to rule out pulmonary embolism (PE) in critically ill patients for ...

Oct 7th, 2021 - Farrukh Awan, MD: We’ll keep talking about specific things. I’ll tell you a few specific issues that I deal with. I’m sure a lot of people in the audience might have to deal with these issues. I’ve had problems, and I’ve had discussions, arguments...

Oct 6th, 2021 - Anas Younes, MD Brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) should not be given with bleomycin as a first-line therapy for patients with advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma, according to a phase I study comparing the agent in combination with standard (ABVD) or m...

Aug 23rd, 2021 - Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is the presence of coagulated blood, a thrombus, in one of the deep venous conduits that return blood to the heart. The clinical conundrum is that symptoms (pain and swelling) are often nonspecific or absent. If left unt...

Aug 10th, 2021 - Another round of sartan recalls due to impurity concerns is underway in Canada, Korea, and the U.K. (FiercePharma) Boston Scientific is pulling Ingenio pacemakers and cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers for inappropriately entering safety...