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Point-of-care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism with Thrombus in Transit

A 95-year-old female with a history of dementia and atrial fibrillation (not on anticoagulation) presented to the emergency department (ED) by ambulance from her skilled nursing facility due to hypoxia. Point-of-care ultrasound was performed, and showed evidence of a large mobile thrombus in the rig...

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Autores principales: Kahl, Nicolas, Gabriel, Christopher, Lahham, Shadi, Thompson, Maxwell, Hoonpongsimanont, Wirachin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6366382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30775655
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.11.40377