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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Pulmonary Embolism
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Imaging Studies, Treatment, Medications, Surgery, Therapeutic Procedures, Outcome, Complications, Prevention, Prognosis, When to Refer, When to Admit, References,
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Topics Discussed: pulmonary embolism.
Excerpt: | |  Predisposition to venous thrombosis, usually of the lower extremities
Usually dyspnea, chest pain, hemoptysis, or syncope Tachypnea and a widened alveolar–arterial Po2 difference Elevated rapid D-dimer and characteristic defects on CT arteriogram of the chest, ventilation-perfusion lung scan, or pulmonary angiogram |
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