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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
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 ... #DSign
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
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 ... sign, TAPSE, attenuated ... this was a saddle PE
Pulmonary Embolism with Clot-in-Transit on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

RA and RV are dilated. Multiple hyperechoic clots seen
Pulmonary Embolism ... spared active apex- McConnell ... sign. ... hemodynamically significant PE ... #Pulmonary #Embolism
Pulmonary Artery Clot seen on PSAX in Acute Saddle Pulmonary Embolism - Labeled Thrombus in Purple

Suspicious
Saddle Pulmonary Embolism ... Suspicious for PE ... for RV dilation, McConnell's ... sign, TAPSE, attenuated ... this was a saddle PE