Clinical features of suspected and unsuspected fatal pulmonary emboli in hospitalized patients
Scott L. Hagan,
Tyler J. Albert,
Helene Starks
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundPulmonary embolism (PE) is often unsuspected by treating clinicians. Since the adoption of clinical prediction scores for PE and the widespread availability of computed tomography (CT)‐pulmonary angiogram, there are few reports of clinical presentations of hospitalized patients who died of PE.ObjectivesTo compare the clinical signs, symptoms, and comorbidities of hospitalized patients who died of PE for whom PE was suspected versus not suspected antemortem.Study Design and MethodsCase–control study f… Show more
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