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An Atypical presentation of pulmonary embolism in a critically ill patient

A pulmonary embolism (PE) occurs when a venous thrombotic material from the lower extremities embolizes to the pulmonary vasculature. Common presenting symptoms include shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain with vital signs demonstrating hypoxia, tachycardia, and tachypnea. In this paper, we...

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Autores principales: Munshi, Nirali H., Truitt, Terrance J., Patton, Alexander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10230824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37266377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.05.015