منابع مشابه
Delayed diagnosis of pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism is a common and potentially life threatening condition. Delays in pulmonary embolism diagnosis represent an important problem. It is crucial to have early diagnosis of pulmonary embolism if one wishes to reduce its complication. We retrospecttively reviewed our patients who visited our emergency department with a final diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. We found that delayed di...
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Recent clinical studies have shed new light on the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism. Pulmonary embolism continues to be difficult to diagnose because the definitive test, pulmonary angiography, is complex and not widely available. However, new knowledge about ventilation perfusion lung scanning and non-invasive leg studies can help to reduce the need for pulmonary angiography. Furthermore, t...
متن کاملDiagnosis of pulmonary embolism.
The diagnosis of pulmonary embolism should be considered in any patient who presents with shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain, even though most cases occur in patients with known risk factors, such as a history of deep venous thrombosis, immobilization, estrogen or birth control pill use, or recent surgery. More than 300,000 cases of pulmonary embolism are diagnosed each year and 50,00...
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A good knowledge of clinical presentation and of risk factors for pulmonary embolism is mandatory to improve adequate clinical suspicion. Some recent improvements in diagnostic strategy have to be emphasized. A low D-dimer level has a good negative predictive value to rule out pulmonary embolism. Ventilation-perfusion lung scan is the most often used imaging technique. In case of non diagnostic...
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No single noninvasive test for pulmonary embolism is both sensitive and specific. Some tests are good for "ruling in" pulmonary embolism (e.g., helical CT) and some tests are good for "ruling out" pulmonary embolism (e.g., D-dimer); others are able to do both but are often nondiagnostic (e.g., ventilation-perfusion lung scanning). For optimal efficiency, choice of the initial diagnostic test sh...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Open Journal of Clinical Diagnostics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2162-5816,2162-5824
DOI: 10.4236/ojcd.2012.24018