Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism With a Pulmonary Embolism Response Team

A multidisciplinary pulmonary embolism response team.

Correspondence appropriately, but this business model increases the potential for intended or unintended overuse of subsequent interventions. We stand by the statement Dr Lamb and colleagues take issue with: “establishing a discounted rate as a strategy to capture patients...creates a structure that can increase harms from excessive investigation of benign nodules.” 2 The statement is not cited...

Diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism.

Acute pulmonary embolism is a life-threatening diagnosis that can present with a multitude of nonspecific symptoms. Practitioners should maintain a high level of suspicion for acute pulmonary embolism in high-risk patients. Obtaining an appropriate diagnostic evaluation and choosing an adequate treatment method may reduce the morbidity and mortality of this devastating condition.

Management of pulmonary embolism.

Management of pulmonary embolism.

Management of Pulmonary Embolism

Acute pulmonary embolism (PE), represents a major threat for the health, the well-being and, in severe cases, the life of a large number of patients worldwide. With its acute and long-term complications, it also poses a substantial economical burden on national health systems. In 2014, the results of landmark clinical trials and cohort studies were included in the update of the European Society...