Patients presenting with low-risk pulmonary embolism are managed in different ways based on CT scan findings and not clinical risk factors, according to study results published in JAMA Network ...

by Liz Bonis & Megan Burgasser, WKRC Wed, October 18th 2023 at 4:28 PM (File) TOPICS: Artificial intelligence Medicine Emergency Pulmonary embolism CT scan Blood clots Diagnosis Lungs ...

Emergency physicians are still too often turning to CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) to evaluate suspected pulmonary embolism (PE), recent data from two US metropolitan areas indicate. Of more than 1.8 ...

Software that uses artificial intelligence to flag and triage cases of pulmonary embolism found in chest CT scans has been cleared by the FDA, Israeli radiology AI company Aidoc announced on May 15.

Cite this article Stein, P., Goodman, L. & Sostman, H. In the era of multislice CT, do we still need leg ultrasonography to diagnose pulmonary embolism?. Nat Rev Cardiol 5, 688–689 (2008). https ...

If the d-dimer is elevated, consider a chest CT with PE protocol or VQ scan. However, home treatment with subcutaneous enoxaparin 1 mg/kg SQ b.i.d. while warfarin becomes therapeutic is appropriate.

A hospital trust has been told to urgently improve training for temporary staff after the death of a patient sent home before her full scan results were read. An inquest concluded Jordanne Rose ...

Acute Pulmonary Embolism and COVID-19. Radiology, 2020; 201955 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2020201955 ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) – which occurs when a blood clot gets lodged in the lung – is considered a silent killer that causes up to 200,000 deaths a year in the United States.

Detection of Incidental Pulmonary Embolism on Conventional Contrast-Enhanced Chest CT: Comparison of an Artificial Intelligence Algorithm and Clinical Reports. American Journal of Roentgenology ...

An inquest into the death of Jordanne Roberts found a locum doctor discharged her home as only one part of a two-part CT scan ...