Case Report: Rare Pulmonary Embolism After Routine PIVC Insertion
Learn how a simple PIVC insertion for gastroenteritis resulted in a massive PE. This case highlights under-recognized risks of this routine procedure.
Pulmonary Embolism
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Case Report: Rare Pulmonary Embolism After Routine PIVC Insertion
Learn how a simple PIVC insertion for gastroenteritis resulted in a massive PE. This case highlights under-recognized risks of this routine procedure. -
Discharge Tachycardia: Remember the Big 4 and Don’t Play with Fire
A 61-year-old male with diabetes mellitus presented with generalized malaise, low grade subjective fevers. Review of systems... -
Anticoagulant Selection Is Cornerstone of Pulmonary Embolism Treatment
The treatment of patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) has evolved substantially over the past few decades. Many...
Discharge Tachycardia: Remember the Big 4 and Don’t Play with Fire
A 61-year-old male with diabetes mellitus presented with generalized malaise, low grade subjective fevers. Review of systems…
Anticoagulant Selection Is Cornerstone of Pulmonary Embolism Treatment
The treatment of patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) has evolved substantially over the past few decades. Many…
Treating Acute Pulmonary Embolism with EKOS and the Inari FlowTriever
Approximately 60,000 to 100,000 patients die from pulmonary embolism (PE) each year in the United States, and…
Acute Pericarditis: A Diagnosis of Exclusion
While pericarditis is an unusual diagnosis, with an annual incidence of 27.7 per 100,000 persons, the recurrence…
Decoding Pulmonary Embolism Evaluation in Pregnancy
Pulmonary embolism (PE) in pregnancy is quite uncommon, estimated to occur in 0.02–0.1 percent of pregnancies and…
New Point-of-Care Tools for DVT, PE and Hyperkalemia
Have you checked out ACEP’s new bedside tools to help guide the identification and outpatient treatment of…
Fewer Scans, More Blood Thinners in Pulmonary Embolism?
There will someday be a time when COVID is not the most likely diagnosis, and all our…
Support for Adapted D-Dimer Thresholds for Ruling Out Pulmonary Embolism
Adapting D-dimer thresholds according to age or pretest probability is safe and efficient for ruling out pulmonary…
Unusual Etiology of Chest Pain
The Case A 36-year-old woman presented to the emergency department for generalized weakness. The patient stated that…