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Higher Intensity Thromboprophylaxis Regimens and Pulmonary Embolism in Critically Ill Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients

Critical Care Medicine, 2020
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Objectives: To assess the role of thromboprophylaxis regimens on the occurrence of pulmonary embolism in coronavirus disease 2019 patients.
F. Taccone, P. Gevenois, Lorenzo Peluso, Zoe Pletchette, O. Lheureux, A. Brasseur, A. Garufi, M. Talamonti, S. Motte, L. Nobile, D. Grimaldi, J. Creteur, J. Vincent   +12 more
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Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism with d-Dimer Adjusted to Clinical Probability.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2019
BACKGROUND Retrospective analyses suggest that pulmonary embolism is ruled out by a d-dimer level of less than 1000 ng per milliliter in patients with a low clinical pretest probability (C-PTP) and by a d-dimer level of less than 500 ng per milliliter in
C. Kearon, Kerstin de Wit, S. Parpia, S. Schulman, M. Afilalo, A. Hirsch, F. Spencer, Sangita Sharma, Frédérick D’Aragon, J. Deshaies, G. Le Gal, A. Lazo-Langner, Cynthia Wu, L. Rudd-Scott, S. Bates, J. Julian   +15 more
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Comparison of 4 Acute Pulmonary Embolism Mortality Risk Scores in Patients Evaluated by Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams

JAMA Network Open, 2020
Key Points Question How well do different risk assessment tools estimate 7- and 30-day mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism? Findings This cohort study of 416 patients with acute pulmonary embolism found that commonly used risk assessment ...
Geoffrey D. Barnes, A. Muzikansky, S. Cameron, Jay Giri, G. Heresi, Wissam A Jaber, Todd Wood, T. Todoran, D. M. Courtney, V. Tapson, C. Kabrhel   +10 more
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Pregnancy‐Adapted YEARS Algorithm for Diagnosis of Suspected Pulmonary Embolism

New England Journal of Medicine, 2019
BACKGROUND Pulmonary embolism is one of the leading causes of maternal death in the Western world. Because of the low specificity and sensitivity of the D‐dimer test, all pregnant women with suspected pulmonary embolism undergo computed tomographic (CT ...
L. M. van der Pol, C. Tromeur, I. Bistervels, Fionnuala B Ní Áinle, T. van Bemmel, L. Bertoletti, F. Couturaud, Yordi van Dooren, A. Elias, L. Faber, H. Hofstee, T. van der Hulle, M. Kruip, M. Maignan, A. Mairuhu, S. Middeldorp, M. Nijkeuter, P. Roy, O. Sanchez, Jeannot Schmidt, M. ten Wolde, F. Klok, M. Huisman   +22 more
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Diagnosis, Treatment and Follow Up of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Consensus Practice from the PERT Consortium

Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis, 2019
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening condition and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. There have been many advances in the field of PE in the last few years, requiring a careful assessment of their impact on patient care.
B. Rivera-Lebron, M. McDaniel, K. Ahrar, A. Alrifai, D. Dudzinski, Christina L. Fanola, D. Blais, D. Janicke, Roman Melamed, K. Mohrien, E. Rozycki, C. Ross, A. Klein, Parth M Rali, Nicholas R. Teman, L. Yarboro, Eugene Ichinose, Aditya M. Sharma, J. Bartos, Mahir D Elder, B. Keeling, H. Palevsky, S. Naydenov, Parijat Sen, N. Amoroso, J. Rodriguez-Lopez, G. Davis, R. Rosovsky, K. Rosenfield, C. Kabrhel, J. Horowitz, Jay S. Giri, V. Tapson, R. Channick   +33 more
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Severe Acute Proximal Pulmonary Embolism and COVID-19: A Word of Caution

Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2020
Acute pulmonary embolism is an uncharacteristic presentation in patients with coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Here we describe the case of a young woman presenting with severe pulmonary embolism, without any associated symptoms of infections.
O. Fabre, O. Rebet, I. Carjaliu, M. Radutoiu, L. Gautier, I. Hysi   +5 more
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Extended thromboprophylaxis with betrixaban in acutely ill medical patients [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Patients with acute medical illnesses are at prolonged risk for venous thrombosis. However, the appropriate duration of thromboprophylaxis remains unknown.
. Lodigiani, M, : W. Ageno, I, Cerveri, A., Cohen, Alexander T, De Pellegrin, D, D’Angelo, A, Gibson, C. Michael, Gold, Alex, Goldhaber, Samuel Z., Harrington, Robert A., Hernandez, Adrian F., Hull, Russell D., Imberti, R., Investigators, Italy (261 patients, 19 sites, Landolfi, G, LEMBO, Giuseppe, Luisetti, M., Wiens, Brian L.   +18 more
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Pulmonary embolism

International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science, 2013
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is responsible for approximately 100,000 to 200,000 deaths in the United States each year. With a diverse range of clinical presentations from asymptomatic to death, diagnosing PE can be challenging. Various resources are available, such as clinical scoring systems, laboratory data, and imaging studies which help guide ...
Tarbox, Abigail K., Swaroop, Mamta
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Does international normalized ratio level predict pulmonary embolism? [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Preventing pulmonary embolism is a priority after major musculoskeletal surgery. The literature contains discrepant data regarding the influence of anticoagulation on the incidence of pulmonary embolism after joint arthroplasty.
Hansen, Patricia, Parvizi, Javad, Restrepo, Camilo, Rothman, Richard H, Zmistowski, Benjamin   +4 more
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Extensive Pulmonary Embolism in late pregnancy associated with Anticardiolipin Antibodies [PDF]

, 2004
The leading cause of morbidity and mortality during pregnancy and the puerperium is venous thromboembolism. Though uncommon, the risk is five times higher in a pregnant woman than in a non-pregnant woman of similar age.1,2 In pregnancy, all three ...
Brincat, Mark P., Buhagiar, Louis, Formosa, Mark, Galea, David P., Kunovski, Goce, Samuel, Anthony   +5 more
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