ALLMedicine™ Pulmonary Embolism Center

Jun 25th, 2022 - Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. Although coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) affects every population group, the sports community and athletes require special consid...

Jun 25th, 2022 - We sought to determine associations of early ECG patterns with clinical deterioration (CD) within 5 days and with RV abnormality (abnlRV) by echocardiography in PE. In this prospective, multicenter study of newly confirmed PE patients, early echoc...

Jun 25th, 2022 - To determine if computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) ordering increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic in an emergency department (ED) setting; if positive findings for pulmonary embolism (PE) increased to the same degree; ...

Jun 24th, 2022 - D-dimer, a fibrin degradation product generated as a result of plasmin mediated clot dissolution processes, is an indicator of recent clot formation and subsequent fibrinolysis. Analysis of D-dimer concentration is employed in the diagnosis of dee...

Jun 24th, 2022 - This study will be a prospective, longitudinal, observational, single-center, exploratory, natural history study to collect samples and data that will enable prospective explorations of the interaction between environmental exposures and disease p...

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...

Mar 31st, 2021 - The investigation of acute pulmonary embolism is a common task for radiologists in Canada. Technical image quality and reporting quality must be excellent; pulmonary embolism is a life-threatening disease that should not be missed but overdiagnosi...

Mar 31st, 2021 - Acute pulmonary embolism (APE) is a well-recognized cause of circulatory system compromise and even demise which can frequently present a diagnostic challenge for the physician. The diagnostic challenge is primarily due to the frequency of indeter...

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 ...

Jun 24th, 2022 - D-dimer, a fibrin degradation product generated as a result of plasmin mediated clot dissolution processes, is an indicator of recent clot formation and subsequent fibrinolysis. Analysis of D-dimer concentration is employed in the diagnosis of dee...

Jun 24th, 2022 - This study will be a prospective, longitudinal, observational, single-center, exploratory, natural history study to collect samples and data that will enable prospective explorations of the interaction between environmental exposures and disease p...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Venous thromboembolism (VTE) the third most frequent cause of vascular mortality after myocardial infarction and stroke, occurs more frequently among Americans of African descent compared with other ethnic minorities in the US. VTEs are provoked b...

Jun 23rd, 2022 - The goal of this project is to improve risk-stratification for patients who present to the emergency department (ED) with syncope (transient loss of consciousness), in order to better delineate which patients require admission and which can be saf...

Jun 22nd, 2022 - This study will assess whether ultrasound-facilitated, catheter-directed thrombolysis and standard anticoagulation are associated with a significant reduction in the composite outcome of pulmonary embolism (PE)-related mortality, cardiorespiratory...

May 31st, 2022 - A 75-year-old male is seen in the emergency department for shortness of breath. D-dimer is very high, and a CT scan chest reveals bilateral pulmonary emboli without right heart strain.

May 31st, 2022 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A peer champion-led decision support intervention to increase outpatient management of pulmonary embolism (PE) was sustainable four years after implementation, a cohort analysis shows. The researchers suggest that their...

May 19th, 2022 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a large study of patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE), chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) was rare, but post-pulmonary embolism impairment (PPEI) was not. Researchers suggest systematic foll...

May 17th, 2022 - Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a rare and late complication of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) that has not resolved despite adequate anticoagulation. In most patients with PE, resolution of the embolus and restoration of b...

May 10th, 2022 - THE CASE A 43-year-old Black male presented to his primary care physician with an 8-month history of progressive fatigue, weakness, and unintentional weight loss. The patient’s history also included antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) with pr.