Hemithorax Westermark Sign Secondary to Complete Pulmonary Artery Occlusion from Pulmonary Embolus

CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a complete right hemithorax Westermark sign found in a patient with a near-complete, right pulmonary artery trunk occlusion secondary to a pulmonary embolus. DISCUSSION: We review the sensitivity and specificity of a Westermark sign in the identification of a pulmonary...

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Autores principales: Louthan, Michael, Ng, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021
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Images in Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8143826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34437022
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2021.2.51043
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description CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a complete right hemithorax Westermark sign found in a patient with a near-complete, right pulmonary artery trunk occlusion secondary to a pulmonary embolus. DISCUSSION: We review the sensitivity and specificity of a Westermark sign in the identification of a pulmonary embolism, and how this aided us in managing our patient in the emergency department.
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spelling pubmed-81438262021-05-28 Hemithorax Westermark Sign Secondary to Complete Pulmonary Artery Occlusion from Pulmonary Embolus Louthan, Michael Ng, Daniel Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Images in Emergency Medicine CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a complete right hemithorax Westermark sign found in a patient with a near-complete, right pulmonary artery trunk occlusion secondary to a pulmonary embolus. DISCUSSION: We review the sensitivity and specificity of a Westermark sign in the identification of a pulmonary embolism, and how this aided us in managing our patient in the emergency department. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8143826/ /pubmed/34437022 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2021.2.51043 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Louthan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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title Hemithorax Westermark Sign Secondary to Complete Pulmonary Artery Occlusion from Pulmonary Embolus
title_full Hemithorax Westermark Sign Secondary to Complete Pulmonary Artery Occlusion from Pulmonary Embolus
title_fullStr Hemithorax Westermark Sign Secondary to Complete Pulmonary Artery Occlusion from Pulmonary Embolus
title_full_unstemmed Hemithorax Westermark Sign Secondary to Complete Pulmonary Artery Occlusion from Pulmonary Embolus
title_short Hemithorax Westermark Sign Secondary to Complete Pulmonary Artery Occlusion from Pulmonary Embolus
title_sort hemithorax westermark sign secondary to complete pulmonary artery occlusion from pulmonary embolus
topic Images in Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8143826/
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