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Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
Pulmonary Embolism ... - Risk Stratification ... Prognostication based on scores ... features • Bova score ... (30-day PE-related
The Wells, Geneva, and revised-Geneva pre-test possibility scores to risk-stratify patients with concern for PE

#Wells #Revised
pre-test possibility scores ... with concern for PE ... #Geneva #Risk #Stratification ... #Scores #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Embolism
McConnell's sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

An otherwise healthy male presents with pleuritic chest pain.  
Hypokinetic RV
McConnell's sign ... apical sparing (McConnell ... from a pulmonary embolism ... (PE). ... the setting of PE
Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria

In the United States, the workup rate for PE is astonishingly high, with
Pulmonary Embolism ... workup rate for PE ... are positive for PE ... the use of risk stratification ... Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Embolism
Acute Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram before and after TPA
POCUS Echocardiogram in suspected hypoxic COVID patient
Acute Pulmonary Embolism ... Submissive PE on ... CT PE. ... Acute #Pulmonary #Embolism ... #a4c #acutePE #mcconnells
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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• Pulmonary embolism ... troponin; HEART score ... • PERC; Well score ... for PE • CTA/
POCUS Echo of Acute Massive Saddle Pulmonary Embolism

Here's a great teaching Echo of a patient I
Saddle Pulmonary Embolism ... Massive Saddle PE ... #Pulmonary #Embolism ... RightHeartStrain #McConnells
Pulmonary Artery Clot seen on PSAX in Acute Saddle Pulmonary Embolism

Suspicious for PE? You can use
Saddle Pulmonary Embolism ... Suspicious for PE ... for RV dilation, McConnell's ... this was a saddle PE
Patient risk stratification algorithm for the treatment of cancer-associated thrombosis.

Currently, edoxaban and rivaroxaban are the only
Patient risk stratification ... vein thrombosis; PE ... = pulmonary embolism
Acute Pulmonary Embolism:

"D" sign:
In a physiologically normal heart, LV pressure > RV pressure. When viewing heart
Acute Pulmonary Embolism ... sizable pulmonary embolic ... McConnell's sign ... acute pulmonary embolism ... Pulmonaryembolism #PE