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Show Notes
In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, interview Al Sacchetti, MD, about the August 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Evidence-Based Management of Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department
Etiology/pathophysiology
Risk factors
Differential diagnosis
Prehospital care
ED history and physical exam
Diagnostic scoring systems
Pregnant patients
Diagnostic studies
- ECG
- D-Dimer
- Troponin & BNP
- Chest x-ray
- CT
- V/Q scans
- MRI
- US
Treatment
- IV fluids
- Anticoagulation
- Vasopressors
- Thrombolytics
- Thrombectomy
- ECMO
Disposition
Check out the clinical pathway at https://clinicalpathways.ebmedicine.net