Research on the direct link between cigarette smoking and pulmonary embolism is mixed. However, it’s widely considered a modifiable risk factor that could increase your risk of pulmonary embolism.

Various studies have linked life-threatening blood clots that cause pulmonary embolism to frequent international ... hours or more have three times the risk of developing clots, compared with ...

There's a 70% chance of the baby surviving amniotic fluid embolism. It's unknown whether women who survive the condition are at risk of having it again, but there have been cases of successful ...

A 2023 handout from the Amniotic Fluid Embolism Foundation states that, “Since it is not understood what causes an AFE, it is impossible to know who may be at risk. The words unpreventable and ...

Causation was also denied, with the following points: The patient had developed a pulmonary embolism despite what was considered reasonable management of his VTE risk. In addition, the records ...

A hospital in Israel is predicting patients’ risk of suffering pulmonary embolism (PE) — a potentially life-threatening lung blockage and the third most common cause of death from cardiovascular ...

A current study involving the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) has investigated which treatment strategy offers the best chances of survival in high-risk acute pulmonary embolism. The results ...

Getting a shingles vaccine may help with more than the viral infection that causes painful rashes — new research shows it can also lower the risk of heart disease. In a study, published Monday ...