PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN POLYTRAUMA: DIAGNOSISAND TREATMENT

Modern treatment of pulmonary embolism.

Modern treatment of acute pulmonary embolism requires rapid and accurate diagnosis followed by risk stratification to devise an optimal management strategy. Patients at low risk have good outcomes simply with intensive anticoagulation treatment. Higher-risk patients may require more aggressive intervention with thrombolysis or embolectomy. Clinical risk factors for an adverse outcome include in...

Thrombolytic treatment of pulmonary embolism.

Outpatient treatment of pulmonary embolism.

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is traditionally treated in hospital. Growing evidence from non randomized prospective studies suggests that a substantial proportion of patients with non-massive PE might be safely treated in the outpatient setting using low molecular weight heparins. Based on this evidence, professional societies started to recommend outpatient care for selected patients with non-massi...

Pulmonary embolism: pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment.

greatest cause of mortality from cardiovascular disease, after myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular stroke. From hospital epidemiological data it has been calculated that the incidence of PE in the USA is 1 per 1,000 annually. The real number is likely to be larger, since the condition goes unrecognised in many patients. Mortality due to PE has been estimated to exceed 15% in the first thr...

Antidepressantsin the Medicallylii: Diagnosisand Treatment in PrimaryCare

Major depressionis one of the most commonclinicalproblemsseen by primary-carephysicians.The prevalenceis 5% to 10% in primary-careoutpatientsand 15% in medicallyill inpatients. Despite this high prevalence rate, depression is frequently not accurately diagnosed. Evidence suggests that misdiagnosis often occurs because patients with depression frequently focus preferentially on somatic complaint...