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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Case Report
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
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description 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 describe a unique presentation of a critically ill patient who developed a saddle pulmonary embolism despite being on prophylactic anticoagulation.
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spelling pubmed-102308242023-06-01 An Atypical presentation of pulmonary embolism in a critically ill patient Munshi, Nirali H. Truitt, Terrance J. Patton, Alexander Radiol Case Rep Case Report 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 describe a unique presentation of a critically ill patient who developed a saddle pulmonary embolism despite being on prophylactic anticoagulation. Elsevier 2023-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10230824/ /pubmed/37266377 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.05.015 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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