BACKGROUND Septic pulmonary embolism is a serious but uncommon syndrome posing diagnostic challenges because of its broad range of clinical presentation and etiologies. OBJECTIVE To understand the clinical and radiographic associations of septic pulmonary embolism in patients presenting to an acute care safety net hospital. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of imaging and electr...

Thrombotic disorders, such as myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, peripheral arterial disease, deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, or other embolic diseases that are responsible for worldwide mortality and morbidity, are manifestations of the formed thrombi by blood clots during a pathologic blood coagulation process. Once thrombi are formed, the only way to resolve the blood clot i...

OBJECTIVES: Septic pulmonary embolism is an uncommon but life-threatening disorder. However, data on patients with septic pulmonary embolism who require critical care have not been well reported. This study elucidated the clinicoradiological spectrum, causative pathogens and outcomes of septic pulmonary embolism in patients requiring critical care. METHODS: The electronic medical records of 2...

CONTEXT The clinical validity of using computed tomography (CT) to diagnose peripheral pulmonary embolism is uncertain. Insufficient sensitivity for peripheral pulmonary embolism is considered the principal limitation of CT. OBJECTIVE To review studies that used a CT-based approach to rule out a diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. DATA SOURCES The medical literature databases of PubMed, MEDLIN...

The clinical management of pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis of the legs are similar and requires prolonged anticoagulation therapy. The standard diagnostic approach in patients suspected of pulmonary embolism is ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) lung scan and compression ultrasonography to detect deep venous thrombosis. This retrospective study analyzed the role of V/Q lung scan an...

BACKGROUND the incidence of pulmonary embolism increases with age but the 'classical' presentation of acute pulmonary embolism may not occur in older persons. OBJECTIVES to compare the clinical presentation of younger and older patients with acute pulmonary embolism. DESIGN retrospective identification of 60 consecutive cases of spiral computed tomography confirmed acute pulmonary embolism ...

    Background: Since pulmonary angiography is the only non-invasive method for diagnosing pulmonary embolism, the use of radiation reduction methods without affecting the quality of images seems necessary. One of the simplest reasons for unnecessarily increasing of patient exposure is repetitive imaging due to poor image quality. Therefore, it is necessary to identify and ...

the lack of pathognomonic signs and symptoms makes the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (pe) difficult. here, we report a case of a 42-year-old man presented to the emergency department with worsening epigastric pain, hypotension, frank bradycardia, and final diagnosis of pe. although previous studies have indicated that abdominal pain was observed in 6.7% of patients with pe, the exact reason f...