Search Tag: Pulmonary embolism

ICU Management

Hybrid-er-for-managing-pulmonary-embolism-requiring-ecpr

2019 18 Mar

The term “hybrid emergency room” (hybrid ER) is used to describe an ER equipped with an interventional radiology (IVR)-computed tomography (CT) system. Use of a hybrid ER reportedly decreases mortality in patients with severe trauma by shortening the delay until whole-body CT imaging and allowing early initiation of definitive treatment.    ...Read more

ICU Management

Study-lung-ultrasound-helpful-in-pulmonary-embolism-diagnosis

2017 05 Feb

Compared to Wells score, a pretest risk stratification enhanced by lung and venous ultrasound performs better in the early diagnostic process of pulmonary embolism (PE). That is the main finding of a study by Nazerian et al. to be published in Academic Emergency Medicine, a journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.  See Also: Using...Read more

ICU Management

Higher-vte-risk-in-lung-cancer-surgery-patients

2015 06 May

Lung cancer surgery patients are at greater risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE), including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), than previously thought, with elevated risks of complications or death. These findings are based on three separate studies that examined the problem of VTE after surgery for lung cancer, indicating...Read more