COPD and risk of PE

Chest published an article regarding risk of chronic pulmonary obstructive disease and pulmonary embolism. There are different reported risk from 3% to 30%. In this study, prevalence of pulmonary embolism in unexplained acute exacerbation of COPD reported as high as 16%. We should be worry about PE in patients with unexplained acute exacerbation of COPD […]

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Normalization of Vital Signs Does Not Reduce the Probability of Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Jeffry Kline is famous for his research on PE and his latest article in Academic Journal of Emergency Medicine(Jan 2012) is opening another window to PE regarding Normalization of Vital Signs Does Not Reduce the Probability of Acute Pulmonary Embolismin Symptomatic Emergency Department Patients.

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