Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012 embolism (em'bo-lizm) [ embolus + -ism] Sudden obstruction of a blood vessel by debris. Blood clots, cholesterol-containing plaques, masses of bacteria, cancer cells, amniotic fluid, fat from the marrow of broken bones...
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. Link to this page: retrograde embolism Facebook Twitter Feedback Complete Eng...
Nursing and Health Professions Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical ScienceDiscover other topics On this page Definition Chapters and Articles Related Terms Recommended Publications Chapters and Articles You might find these chapters and articles relevant to this topic. Biomarkers of cerebral microembolic...
Stephen E.Lapinsky, inCritical Care Medicine (Third Edition), 2008 Amniotic Fluid Embolism Amniotic fluid embolismis a catastrophic cardiopulmonarycomplication of pregnancy, carrying a mortality rate of 10% to 86%.30It usually occurs in association with labor and delivery but may be precipitated ...
Definition of PE; Most frequent formation of thrombi; Identification of pathophysiological and risk factors found in PE; Clinical symptoms and diagnostic studies relating to PE; Description of medical and nursing interventions for PE; Identification of diagnostic study for assessment of acute myocardial ...
Venous Thromboembolism Online Medical Reference - covering Definition, Treatment and Prevention. Co-authored by Asuka Ozaki and John R. Bartholomew of the Cleveland Clinic.
Definition of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism Each episode of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism was categorized into the highest of 3 levels of diagnostic certainty (definite, probable, or possible) based on the following criteria. A deep vein thrombosis was categorized as follows...
Definition of dvt and pe A DVT was categorized as definite when confirmed by venogram, computed tomographic scan, magnetic resonance image, or pathologic examination of thrombus removed at surgery or autopsy. A PE was categorized as definite when confirmed by pulmonary angiogram, computed tomographic...
These emboli were not minor, since by definition, they resulted in perfusion deficits of 75% or more of a lung segment. There was an important risk (6.8%) of recurrent VTE among patients receiving standard treatment with intravenous heparin. Thus, although most patients had symptoms of venous ...
Second, the definition of RVD as assessed by echocardiogram differed among the studies (Table 1). In particular, in the study by Sukhija et al. it is possible that too stringent criteria for RVD (RV > LV, or RV > 4.5 cm) were used which may have contributed to a very high...