ALLMedicine™ Pulmonary Embolism Center

May 17th, 2022 - Acute deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism collectively known as venous thromboembolism (VTE), are associated with increased risk of poor clinical sequelae during inpatient hospitalizations. We examined the association of VTE with mortality...

May 17th, 2022 - Physicians commonly hospitalize patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with acute pulmonary embolism (PE), despite eligibility for safe outpatient management. Risk stratification using electronic health record-embedded clinical decis...

May 16th, 2022 - Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a critical, potentially life-threatening finding on contrast-enhanced cross-sectional chest imaging. Timely and accurate diagnosis of thrombus acuity and extent directly influences patient management, and outcomes....

May 15th, 2022 - Patients with COVID-19 have an increased risk for venous thrombo-embolism (VTE), especially pulmonary embolism. The exact prevalence of asymptomatic DVT is not known, as is the usefulness of screening for DVT in patients admitted to ward with COVI...

May 15th, 2022 - Despite recent endorsement from official and professional bodies, unequivocally recommending COVID-19 vaccination, hesitancy among pregnant persons remains high. The accumulated evidence clearly demonstrates that pregnant persons are a special ris...

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 ...

May 11th, 2022 - PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. Any episode of major bleeding including fatal bleeding or clinically relevant non-major bleeding. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. The proportion of patients who experienced at least one such bleeding event within 6 months of beginni...

May 10th, 2022 - This study is a prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial of the FlowTriever System compared to Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis (CDT) for acute intermediate-high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE), and includes a non-randomized cohort of up t...

May 6th, 2022 - In patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism, full-dose thrombolytic treatment was associated with a reduction in the combined risk of hemodynamic instability or death but was also associated with an increased risk of major and intracrani...

Apr 29th, 2022 - A. SPECIFIC AIMS To define the lung ultrasound profile of patients admitted with COVID-19 pneumonia, hypoxia, or hypoxemic respiratory failure. To document the progression of POCUS findings in admitted patients with COVID-19 respiratory failure. A...

Apr 27th, 2022 - The objective of this study is to compare right ventricular dysfunction (RVD)dependent and independent prognostic models for short-term serious adverse events in pulmonary embolism (PE) patients. The target population is emergency department (ED) ...

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...

Apr 13th, 2022 - Editor's Note: The Case Challenge series includes difficult-to-diagnose conditions, some of which are not frequently encountered by most clinicians but are nonetheless important to accurately recognize. Test your diagnostic and treatment skills us...

Mar 25th, 2022 - A new national safety investigation by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) has uncovered a number of key challenges for healthcare staff when diagnosing 'time-critical' pulmonary embolism (PE) in the emergency department (ED). The HS...

Mar 21st, 2022 - A 67-year-old man, without any previous cardiac history, presents to the emergency department with complaints of substernal chest discomfort associated with diaphoresis and nausea. His symptoms began 15 minutes before he presented. He is not takin...

Mar 16th, 2022 - What could be the first oral medication specific for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was more effective than placebo in a randomized phase II trial, though the results were something less than a home run. With 288 patients assigned to three dos...