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Tag Archives: PE

New in EM 007: Is RV dilation on PoCUS useful to diagnose PE during a cardiac arrest?

7 May

Originally Published on RCEM Learning Podcast June 2017 As part of the RCEM Learning Podcast I record reviews of recent literature with Dave McCreary. We’ve been doing this for about a year now and you can hear them all on … Read More »

critical appraisal, RCEM Learning cardiac arrest, PE, PoCUS 1 Comment

New in EM 001: What does a patient’s smile tell you about their chance of having a PE?

8 Apr

Originally Published on RCEM Learning Podcast April 2017 As part of the RCEM Learning Podcast I record reviews of recent literature with Dave McCreary. We’ve been doing this for about a year now and you can hear them all on … Read More »

critical appraisal, RCEM Learning Kline, PE 1 Comment

Hypoxia in Pulmonary Embolus

24 Sep

Hypoxia is almost ubiquitous in PE (In the comments Liam suggests otherwise. I honestly can’t find a clear answer. in PEITHO, a trial of submassive PE, 85% were receiving oxygen suggesting hypoxia. Certainly in the tiny PEs, lots of people don’t … Read More »

board review, critical appraisal, thinking about medicine hypoxia, PE 7 Comments

Is pulmonary embolism really all that bad?… Again…

10 Jan

Pollack, Charles V, Donald Schreiber, Samuel Z Goldhaber, David Slattery, John Fanikos, Brian J O’Neil, James R Thompson, et al. “Clinical Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes of Patients Diagnosed with Acute Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department: Initial Report of EMPEROR … Read More »

critical appraisal FOAMed, mortality, PE, VTE 19 Comments

Are small PEs more benign? Probably but this doesn’t help.

12 Feb

Cha S-I, Shin K-M, Lee J-W, Lee J, Lee S-Y, Kim C-H, et al. Clinical characteristics of patients with peripheral pulmonary embolism. Respiration. 2010;80(6):500–508. PMID 20110642 Someone alerted me to this paper and I’m not sure who. If it was you … Read More »

critical appraisal literature, PE 1 Comment

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