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Oct 2020
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Updates in acute medicine: Pulmonary emb...

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Kieran Walsh, clinical director at BMJ, asks Matt Castleden, GP and editor for BMJ Best Practice and BMJ Learning, to summarise the latest clinical guidance in acute medicine. Dr Castleden updates us on recent recommendations on pulmonary embolism, and also acute respiratory distress and vaping associated lung injury. For more information, take a look at the BMJ Best Practice topic on pulmonary embolism: bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/3000115

The BMJ Best Practice topic on acute respiratory distress syndrome: bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/374

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