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Dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, tachycardia, blood-tinged sputum, low-grade fever, pleural effusion
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Total occlusion of the main pulmonary artery is rapidly fatal; smaller or fragmented emboli produce symptoms that vary with the size, number, and location of the emboli. Usually, the first symptom of pulmonary embolism is dyspnea, which may be accompanied by angina or pleuritic chest pain.
Other clinical features include tachycardia, productive cough (sputum may be blood-tinged), low-grade fever, and pleural effusion. Less-common signs include massive hemoptysis, splinting of the chest, leg edema and, with a large embolus, cyanosis, syncope, and jugular veins distention .
In addition, pulmonary embolism may cause pleural friction rub and signs of circulatory collapse (weak, rapid pulse; hypotension) and hypoxia (restlessness).
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
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