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Aug 2023
55m 27s

Pulmonary Embolism with Al Sacchettii, M...

EB Medicine
About this episode

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, interview Al Sacchetti, MD, about the August 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Evidence-Based Management of Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department


Etiology/pathophysiology

Risk factors

Differential diagnosis

Prehospital care

ED history and physical exam

Diagnostic scoring systems

Pregnant patients 

Diagnostic studies

  • ECG
  • D-Dimer
  • Troponin & BNP
  • Chest x-ray
  • CT 
  • V/Q scans
  • MRI
  • US

Treatment

  • IV fluids
  • Anticoagulation
  • Vasopressors
  • Thrombolytics
  • Thrombectomy
  • ECMO

Disposition


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