A 59-year-old man presented a six-month history of worsening dyspnea and dry cough, and not responding to medication. There was no history of fever, hematemesis, loss of appetite, or chest pain. Physical examination revealed peripheral cyanosis and clubbing. Bibasilar crepitations were present but no murmur was auscultated. Platypnea (worsening of dyspnea in a standing position) was present. Ar...

Aim: We investigated the importance of auxiliary diagnostic methods in cases when computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) cannot be used embolism (PE) with a high mortality rate.Materials and Methods: Patients were selected after exclusion criteria applied sample created from single center. A total 86 patients included our study examined terms clinical features, methods, anticoagulant ...

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may predispose patients to pulmonary embolism (PE), despite standard thromboprophylaxis. Our retrospective study aimed report the prevalence of PE in with COVID-19 and severe respiratory failure (SRF) treated intermediate- full-dose enoxaparin. We analyzed data from pneumonia SRF admitted our Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (RICU) February 27 April 20, 2020. All r...

A 41-year-old lady with a history of breast carcinoma, was admitted for investigation of pleuritic chest pain. On examination, there were no focal abnormalities. Her white-cell count was mildly elevated at 12 x 10 cells/l and her biochemical profile was within normal limits. Her chest x-ray was unremarkable. A computed-tomography pulmonary-angiogram (CTPA) was subsequently performed which revea...

Case report A 59-year-old woman with a past history of rheumatoid arthritis arrived in our Emergency Department via ambulance. Her husband stated she had suddenly “appeared very strange” whilst preparing to go out for the afternoon, but could not identify specific symptoms. Physical examination showed her to have sinus tachycardia and tachypnea, but little else of note. Her oxygen saturations h...

The past decade has seen a shift in the imaging paradigm for acute pulmonary embolism (PE) from a combination of clinical acumen, ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy, and conventional pulmonary angiography to computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA). The ability to perform CT rapidly with direct visualization of thrombi allows for rapid and reliable diagnosis or exclusion of PE in the v...

A 31 year-old female with Trisomy 21, uncorrected complete atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) and consequent Eisenmenger syndrome presented to our emergency department with dyspnea, hypoxia, and worsening cyanosis. She was found to be hemodynamically stable with a heart rate of 70 bpm and blood pressure of 100/60. There was no pulsusparadoxus. She was notably cyanotic, platypneic, and hypoxi...