A pulmonary embolism can be life-threatening and nurses have a huge role to play in improving patient outcomes. This article discusses diagnosis, risk factors and preventive management Pulmonary ...

Healthcare professionals create care plans to help manage conditions such as pulmonary embolism. Planning may help improve outcomes and prevent future occurrences of the condition. Care plans are an ...

A pulmonary embolism is a blockage in the pulmonary artery that supplies blood to the lungs. The blockage, usually caused by a blood clot, impairs oxygenation of the blood and can damage the heart.

Leiden, the Netherlands - A simpler way of diagnosing pulmonary embolism than currently used has been proposed by a group of Dutch researchers [1]. In a paper in the January 11, 2006 issue of the ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

A subsegmental pulmonary embolism is a blood clot located on a distal, or distant and less central, branch of the pulmonary arteries. Treatment can depend on symptoms and risk factors. A subsegmental ...

Health professionals treating pregnant women need to be even more alert to signs of pulmonary embolism and venous thromboembolism if their patient conceived using in vitro fertilization. Subscribe ...

A pulmonary embolism is a blockage of one of the pulmonary arteries. This condition is a serious medical problem and may affect up to 900,000 people in the United States each year. A pulmonary ...

A screening blood test originally validated in seriously ill patients without COVID-19 is still clinically useful for ruling out pulmonary embolism in patients hospitalized with the coronavirus, a ...

The clinical presentation of acute pulmonary embolism ranges from shock or sustained hypotension to mild dyspnea. Pulmonary embolism may even be asymptomatic and diagnosed by imaging procedures ...