Dr Kirsten Herbert MBBS(Hons) BSc(Med) FRACP PhDDr Melita Kenealy MBBS(Hons) FRCPA FRACP A Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and a Pulmonary Embolism (PE) are both disorders of unwanted blood clotting. Unwanted blood clots can occur in veins, causing DVT and if they break off and move through...
Fatal pulmonary embolism is rightly considered the most serious event, more so when it occurs after elective surgery for a condition that, by itself, is not life threatening. The advent of total hip arthroplasty, as a method of choice of treatment for the arthritic hip, has uncovered the dema...
Early noninvasive venti- lation may reduce the need for intubation.151 Prone position can also be used to help patients with respiratory distress.243 Rapid mobilization of patients with pulmonary physiotherapy is consid- ered a key factor in preventing thrombosis, embolism and ...
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patients, pulmonary hygiene helps combat the hypoxemic effects ofatelectasis, ventilation/perfusion mismatch,bronchospasm, orhypoventilation.4Contraindications to pulmonary hygiene includeincreased intracranial pressure(>20 mmHg), spinal injury, activehemoptysis,hemodynamicinstability,pulmonary embolism, pulmonary ...
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pain or discomfort that persists for days are not due to myocardial ischemia; effort or emotional stress commonly provokes angina; angina may occur at rest if perfusion is compromised; pain subsides within 1 to 5 mins if the triggering activity is discontinued; nitroglycerin hastens this relief ...
The most serious common misdiagnosis is pulmonary embolism, which may be more likely in patients with acute onset of dyspnea, minimal sputum production, no accompanying upper respiratory infection or systemic symptoms, and risk factors for thromboembolism (see table Risk Factors for Deep Venous ...
Pectus excavatum Pulmonary embolism Pulmonary infarction Heart failure Right cardiac hypertrophy Intra-cardiac thrombus 1. Introduction Pectus excavatum (PEx) is a common congenital anomaly of the chest wall [1] and 95% of patients with PEx undergo heart compression [2]. In PEx, the depressed stern...
The European CTEPH Registry has recently revealed that previous pulmonary embolism is detected in 74.8 % of all CTEPH patients while previous deep venous thrombosis is documented in 56.1 % of patients [17]. Recently, a prior history of splenectomy, ventriculo-atrial shunt for the treatment of ...