Pulmonary Embolism: the Clinical and Cardiographic Progress of a Case.

Although severe pulmonary embolism is not an uncommon complication of abdominal operations, the opportunities for a close clinical study of the condition are few. Too often the medical officer arrives at the bedside when it is too late. Even those patients who do not succumb at once rarely survive a few hours. In such circumstances, emergency measures connected with treatment take the place of clinical observations, which might include cardiographic records. The account that follows is about a patient who developed severe pulmonary embolism, eight days after abdominal hysterectomy, and was observed continuously from the onset of the embolism until recovery took place.