Abstract
Pulmonary embolism (PE) frequently goes undiagnosed prior to death. Autopsy data on the frequency of undiagnosed PE is reflective of the difficulty in clinical diagnosis of PE. Dyspnea, tachypnea, and tachycardia are the only consistent clinical findings in PE and are seen with a myriad of other disorders [1]. Likewise, PE is one of the many causes of hypoxemia in the intensive care unit (ICU) [2]. It seems appropriate to pursue the diagnosis of PE in patients with
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risk factors for PE;
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dyspnea, hypoxemia, chest pain, or hypotension; and
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no other obvious cause of these symptoms.
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Dellinger, R.P. (1997). Pulmonary Embolism. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 1997. Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 1997. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13450-4_28
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