Saddle Pulmonary Embolus

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn Wessels
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Embolus

UNDER PRESSURE: A CASE OF PATENT FORAMEN OVALE FOLLOWING PULMONARY EMBOLUS

CHEST Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 156 (4) ◽  
pp. A824
Author(s):  
Junaid Habibullah ◽  
Viera Lakticova ◽  
Maksim Korotun
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Embolus ◽  
Patent Foramen Ovale ◽  
Foramen Ovale

A Massive Pulmonary Embolism Treatment Protocol: How Trauma Performance Improvement Affects Outcome Throughout the Hospital System

2010 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-148
Author(s):  
Catherine Garrison Velopulos ◽  
Mark Zumberg ◽  
Priscilla Mcauliffe ◽  
Lawrence Lottenberg ◽  
A. Joseph Layon
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Embolism ◽  
Sudden Death ◽  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Pulmonary Embolus ◽  
Treatment Protocol ◽  
Right Heart Failure ◽  
Hospital Performance ◽  
Massive Pulmonary Embolism ◽  
Hospital System ◽  
Submassive Pulmonary Embolism

Trauma performance improvement is the hallmark of a mature trauma center. If loop closure is to be complete, preventable deaths must result in significant change in management and the establishment of protocol-driven improvements so such an instance does not recur. The trauma performance improvement committee reviewed a case of a massive pulmonary embolus and determined that this was a preventable death. The hospital performance improvement committee then initiated a root cause analysis, which led to creation of a treatment protocol for patients with massive or submassive pulmonary embolism. A focused review of the first 6 months of the implementation of the protocol was undertaken. Four patients over a 6-month period had massive or submassive pulmonary embolus. All four had sudden death or near sudden death and were appropriately resuscitated. All four sustained right heart failure. Two patients were treated by catheter-directed fibrinolysis, one with catheter-directed suction embolectomy, and one by surgical pulmonary embolectomy. All survived with full neurologic function. Trauma performance improvement is the model by which all hospital performance improvement should be done. Preventable deaths can result in change, which can have a future impact on survival in potentially lethal scenarios.

Catheter fragmentation of massive pulmonary embolus: Guidance with transesophageal echocardiography

1995 ◽  
Vol 130 (6) ◽  
pp. 1306-1308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Heidenreich ◽  
Tony M. Chou ◽  
Nicholas G. Smedira ◽  
John P. Sweeney ◽  
Nelson B. Schiller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transesophageal Echocardiography ◽  
Pulmonary Embolus

Magnitude of d-dimer matters for diagnosing pulmonary embolus

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 942-945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaushal Shah ◽  
Joshua Quaas ◽  
Daniel Rolston ◽  
Shalu Bansal ◽  
Theodore Bania ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Embolus ◽  
D Dimer

scholarly journals Deep vein thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary embolism following minor trauma to the popliteal fossa: could this have been avoided?

CJEM ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
pp. 122-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Orlik ◽  
Jennifer McVey
Keyword(s):  
Deep Vein Thrombosis ◽  
Blunt Trauma ◽  
Pulmonary Embolus ◽  
Doppler Ultrasonography ◽  
Popliteal Fossa ◽  
Minor Trauma ◽  
Likelihood Ratios ◽  
Vein Thrombosis ◽  
Hockey Player ◽  
Deep Vein

ABSTRACT Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) with subsequent pulmonary embolus (PE) is frequently fatal if untreated. Athletes may be susceptible to DVT following minor blunt trauma to the popliteal fossa. We report an adult male hockey player with no “classic” risk factors for DVT who presented with a DVT and bilateral PE following minor popliteal blunt trauma. This case report illustrates the utility of likelihood ratios when interpreting the results of diagnostic tests such as Doppler ultrasonography.

An Untapped Resource: Characteristics of Thrombus Recovered from Intermediate or High Risk Pulmonary Embolus Patients

2021 ◽  
pp. 107392
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Newcomb ◽  
Bennett L. Wilson ◽  
R. James White ◽  
Bruce Goldman ◽  
Neil A. Lachant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Pulmonary Embolus ◽  
Resource Characteristics ◽  
Untapped Resource
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