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Treatment Algorithm for First Time Pulmonary Embolism
 • Provoked
 • Unprovoked
 • Active Malignancy

By Carlin Rooke,
Treatment Algorithm ... Unprovoked • Active Malignancy ... #PE #Pulmonary # ... Embolism #Treatment #Algorithm ... management #hematology #VTE
Imaging options for exclusion of PE in pregnant women
The radiation dose required for either V/Q scanning
for exclusion of PE ... OBGyn #Radiology #VTE ... PulmonaryEmbolism #PE ... #Pregnancy #Workup ... #Imaging #Comparison
Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
Considerations with Malignancy ... Directly Malignancy ... Changes in Pre-Test ... Hypercoagulable -> PE ... NEJMcps1414168 #dyspnea #algorithm
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
thrombophilias are ... trauma, active malignancy ... an established malignancy ... - No other workup ... hematology #diagnosis #algorithm
Treatment algorithm for VTE in Malignancy

(A) Suggested treatment algorithm for symptomatic and incidental DVT or PE
for VTE in Malignancy ... incidental DVT or PE ... single subsegmental PE ... risk of recurrent VTE ... #DOAC #VTE #Malignancy
Patient risk stratification algorithm for the treatment of cancer-associated thrombosis.

Currently, edoxaban and rivaroxaban are the only
stratification algorithm ... vein thrombosis; PE ... body mass index; VTE ... #DOAC #VTE #Malignancy ... #Cancer #Algorithm
Diagnostic Algorithm for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism

Well's Criteria for PE
 • Clinical Signs and Symptoms of DVT
Diagnostic Algorithm ... Well's Criteria for PE ... less likely than PE ... Previous DVT or PE ... Hemoptysis - 1.0 • Malignancy
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Diagnosis and Workup ... Algorithm History ... Well score for PE ... Pain #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #workup
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
known diabetes who are ... , no extensive workup ... EtOH - Infectious workup ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Drugs #Malignancy
A possible diagnostic algorithm for pulmonary embolism in pregnancy (equipose)

Given the variability in guidelines and equipoise
possible diagnostic algorithm ... test to rule out PE ... PulmonaryEmbolism #VTE ... #Pregnancy #Workup ... #PE