To explore what’s happening across US emergency departments in terms of managing acute PE, the investigators examined data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. The analysis ...

RESCUE for PE. RESCUE enrolled 109 intermediate-risk acute PE patients (mean age 57 years; 61.5% male) from 18 centers in the United States. The vast majority of patients (n = 103) had bilateral PE.

A new analysis in Respiratory Medicine found that about one in eight patients with acute pulmonary embolism also have atrial fibrillation, which was associated with increased short- and long-term ...

Tricuspid annulus plane systolic excursion appears to be an independent predictor of pulmonary embolism-related death or thrombolysis in normotensive patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

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The group had previously reported a steady climb in the proportion of U.S. patients with acute PE initially treated with UFH, increasing from 41.9% in 2011 to 56.3% in 2020.

A great deal of literature has been written on pulmonary embolism (PE) over the past several decades. Despite the mounds of research, numerous lectures at national conferences, and frequent ...

Decision Support Tools Help Optimize Acute PE Detection Implementing evidence-based clinical decision support (CDS) significantly improves the efficiency of computed tomographic (CT) angiography ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common and potentially life threatening condition that doctors categorize as acute, subacute, or chronic. Deep vein thrombosis can increase a person’s risk of any ...