Title: Pulmonary Embolism: Emergency Physician’s Nightmare
Authors: Jitesh Dhingra, Harmeet Rai Singh, Mona Sharma
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v5i6.130
Abstract
Pulmonary Embolism is a life threatening emergency presenting to the emergency department. Recognizing one and treating in a timely manner can change the outcome and prognosis of the patient drastically. Here we present a case of Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism in a patient with a background history of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. We also outline the use of Echocardiogram as an important diagnostic modality with a brief reference of the scoring systems developed to recognise pulmonary embolism in the ED.
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