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Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism: Introduction
Pulmonary embolism: Blocked lung blood vessel often from a blood clot. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Pulmonary embolism is available below.
Symptoms of Pulmonary embolism
- Chest pain - most common symptom; about 90% of cases
- Pleuritic chest pain, pleurisy
- Dyspnea
- Breathing difficulty
- Shortness of breath
- more symptoms...»
See full list of 20 symptoms of Pulmonary embolism
Home Diagnostic Testing
Home medical testing related to Pulmonary embolism:
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Pulmonary embolism: Complications
Review possible medical complications related to Pulmonary embolism:
- Most complications occur for severe embolisms
- Mild embolisms usually have no long-lasting complications
- Shock
- Collapse
- Coma
- Death
- more complications...»
Medical Textbooks Online about Pulmonary embolism
Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Diagnostic Tests for Pulmonary embolism
Test for Pulmonary embolism in your own home
Click for Tests- Chest x-ray
- Duplex ultrasound
- Venography
- Blood gases
- ECG
- more tests...»
See full list of 8 diagnostic tests for Pulmonary embolism
Wrongly Diagnosed with Pulmonary embolism?
- Misdiagnosis of Pulmonary embolism
- Failure to diagnose Pulmonary embolism
- Hidden causes of Pulmonary embolism (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
- Undiagnosed: Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism: Self Assessment Tools
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Pulmonary embolism: Medical Mistakes
- Hypertension -- Health Mistakes
- Cholesterol -- Health Mistakes
- Obesity -- Health Mistakes
- Diabetes -- Health Mistakes
- Metabolic Syndrome -- Health Mistakes
- Asthma -- Health Mistakes
- Allergies -- Health Mistakes
- more mistakes...»
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- Asthma
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- High cholesterol
- Flu (influenza)
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Pulmonary embolism: Undiagnosed Conditions
Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:
- Chronic Respiratory Disorders that may be Undiagnosed:
- more undiagnosed conditions...»
Misdiagnosis and Pulmonary embolism
Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It is...read more »
Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have...read more »
Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations and rapid heartbeat. In rare cases, this...read more »
Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become concerned that a condition is a heart attack,...read more »
Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test...read more »
Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more likely in children. Some of the symptoms of...read more »
Chronic lung diseases hard to diagnose: Some of the chronic lung diseases are difficult to diagnose. Even the well-knowns conditions such as ...read more »
differentiate the causes of hemoptysis: Hemoptysis is the presence of blood in the sputum. Hemoptysis is graded according to the volume of blood. It points out to pathology in the...read more »
Pulmonary embolism- medical emergency: Pulmonary embolism is a common and potentially lethal disease; unfortunately, the diagnosis is often missed...read more »
Fatal causes of chest pain: Chest pain is a common condition yet very threatening to both the patient and the doctor because the underlying aetiology many a times can be lethal especially if it is...read more »
Rare case of Goodpasture syndrome: Good pasture syndrome is a rare autoimmune disease. Patients with this disease experience a rapid progression...read more »
Read more about Misdiagnosis and Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Hospitals & Clinics: Pulmonary embolism
Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Pulmonary embolism:
- Heart Health (Cardiac Care) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
- Lung Health (Pulmonology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
- more hospital ratings...»
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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Pulmonary embolism, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:
- 50 Best Hospitals Report
- Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
- Women's Health Best Hospitals
- Patient Safety
- Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)
Pulmonary embolism: Rare Types
Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:
- Chronic Respiratory Disorders -- Rare Types:
- more rare diseases...»
Causes of Pulmonary embolism
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) - a clot in the legs or pelvis may break off and get to the lungs.
- Surgery
- Injury
- Leg injury
- Bone fractures
- more causes...»
See full list of 29 causes of Pulmonary embolism
More information about causes of Pulmonary embolism:
- Medications, drugs, or substances causing Pulmonary embolism (3 listings)
- Underlying causes of Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary embolism as a complication caused by other conditions
- Pulmonary embolism as a symptom
- Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Pulmonary embolism
Treatments for Pulmonary embolism
See full list of 8 treatments for Pulmonary embolism
News Archives for Pulmonary embolism
Medical news articles related to Pulmonary embolism include:
- School PE Programs Don't Lower Child Obesity
- Embolization a Nonsurgical Way to Treat Fibroids
- Satisfaction After Fibroid Embolization Similar to Hysterectomy
- more health news...»
Source: HealthDay News
Evidence Based Medicine Research for Pulmonary embolism
Medical research articles related to Pulmonary embolism include:
- Prognostic value of ECG among patients with acute pulmonary embolism and normal blood pressure
- What is the best method of contraception for a woman with a strong family history of pulmonary embolism and recurrent history of Chlamydia infections?
- Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism by multidetector CT alone or combined with venous ultrasonography of the leg: a randomised non-inferiority trial.
- Is enoxaparin (Lovenox) as effective as unfractionated heparin in those patients with acute pulmonary embolism?
- In patients who present which their first episode of pulmonary embolism or proximal DVT or below knee DVT, with no known risk factors for thromboembolism, how long should warfarin therapy be continued for?
- Pulmonary embolism
- Tandem Measurement of D-dimer and Myeloperoxidase or C-reactive Protein to Effectively Screen for Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department
- Direct comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of fifty protein biological markers of pulmonary embolism for use in the emergency department
- more research...»
Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database
Videos for Pulmonary embolism
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Patient Surveys for Pulmonary embolism
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Prognosis for Pulmonary embolism
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Reseach about Pulmonary embolism
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Clinical Trials for Pulmonary embolism
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Pulmonary embolism include:
- 3 Months' Versus 6 Months' Anticoagulation in Patients With DVT and/or PE - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Duration of anticoagulation,Warfarin duration
- ThromboEmbolism Prevention Efficacy and Safety Trial (TEMPEST) - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - SB-424323
- Multi-Detector Spiral Computed Tomography Alone Versus Combined Strategy With Lower Limb Compression Ultrasonography in Outpatients Suspected of Pulmonary Embolism - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- D-Dimer and IPG for Recurrent Thrombosis (DIRECT) - This study has been terminated (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Use of Low Molecular Weight Heparin (Tinzaparin) to Treat Blood Clots in Patients With Kidney Failure - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Tinzaparin
- more trials...»
See full list of 53 Clinical Trials for Pulmonary embolism
Prevention of Pulmonary embolism
Prevention information for Pulmonary embolism has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Pulmonary embolism.
- See preventions of Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Leg exercises
- Elastic stockings
- Exercise after surgery
- Exercise after injury
- more preventions...»
Read more about prevention of Pulmonary embolism
Statistics for Pulmonary embolism
- Medical statistics for Pulmonary embolism
- Prevalence and incidence statistics for Pulmonary embolism
- Death and Mortality statistics for Pulmonary embolism
- Society statistics for Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism: Broader Related Topics
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Definitions of Pulmonary embolism:
Embolism in the pulmonary artery or one of its branches. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
- Pulmonary embolism
- What is Pulmonary embolism?
- Online Medical Textbooks for Pulmonary embolism
- Prevalence and Incidence of Pulmonary embolism
- Videos related to Pulmonary embolism
- Prognosis of Pulmonary embolism
- Types of Pulmonary embolism
- Causes of Pulmonary embolism
- Risk Factors for Pulmonary embolism
- Symptoms of Pulmonary embolism
- Diagnostic Tests for Pulmonary embolism
- Diagnosis of Pulmonary embolism
- Signs of Pulmonary embolism
- Complications of Pulmonary embolism
- Misdiagnosis of Pulmonary embolism
- Undiagnosed Pulmonary embolism
- Misdiagnosis of Underlying Causes of Pulmonary embolism
- Misdiagnosis of Medication Causes of Pulmonary embolism
- Treatments for Pulmonary embolism
- Doctors and Medical Specialists for Pulmonary embolism
- Prevention of Pulmonary embolism
- Cure Research for Pulmonary embolism
- Deaths from Pulmonary embolism
- Statistics about Pulmonary embolism
- Statistics by Country for Pulmonary embolism
- Medical News Summaries About Pulmonary embolism
- Hospital Statistics for Pulmonary embolism
- Articles about Pulmonary embolism
- Glossary for Pulmonary embolism
- Clinical Trials for Pulmonary embolism
- Images relating to Pulmonary embolism
- External links relating to Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary embolism (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Pulmonary embolism and infarction (Handbook of Diseases)
- Pulmonary Embolism (The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
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