Pulmonary embolism: remember the patient you saw last night? Emerg Med Pract 2004; 6:1 - RL, Winters, et al. () Citation Context ... pain, usually pleuritic in nature, is the second most common symptom, reported in 66% of PIOPED patients (14). Other symptoms include cough, hemoptysis...
Cough is the common symptom consulted by primary health care providers. Although treatment of cough is usually simple, healing period could be longer if it diagnosed wrong. Basicly cough divide into two groups; acute and chronic. While the most common cause of acute cough is upper respiratory tr...
In the majority of cases, the etiology is thrombophlebitis and acute pulmonary embolism. Associated cardiopulmonary disease is uncommon. The most common presenting symptom is unexplained dyspnea, and the majority of patients have past histories of hemoptysis. Acute cardiovascular collapse is distinctly ...
The most common causal micro organisms in CAP are Streptococcus pneumoniae, res- piratory viruses, Haemophilus influenzae and other bacteria such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Legionella pneumophila. Conversely, the most frequent micro organisms in HAP are Staphylococcus aureus (includ- ing both ...
The spine, pelvis, skull, and femur are the most common sites of bone metastases, and pain is the main symptom of metastatic tumors. Percutaneous femoroplasty (PFP) is becoming increasingly popular for treating proximal femoral metastases. To assess the clinical value and feasibility of PFP perfor...
A patient with chest pain poses one of the most complicated diagnostic challenges. The differential diagnosis is extensive and includes several life-threatening, time-critical, must not miss diagnoses. The differential is best remembered anatomically, giving consideration to structures from the skin to ...
Acute heart failure is the most common cause of hospitalization in people older than 65 years and is associated with significant morbidity, mortality and poor quality of life1,2,3. Multiple randomized controlled trials testing pharmacological interventions in patients hospitalized for acute heart failu...
Renal cell carcinoma is by far the most common type of kidney cancer; about nine out of 10 kidney cancer diagnoses are RCCs. Renal cell carcinoma is about twice as common in men than in women. Most cases of R...
Clinical Interventions in Aging Dovepress open access to scientific and medical research Open Access Full Text Article O rigi n al R esearch Relative risk of pulmonary embolism in the very elderly compared with the elderly Josef Yayan Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Saarland,...
all expected deaths are not sudden death. The most common clinical patients are end-stage diseases, such as advanced cancer and late stage of various diseases, the patient’s life is gradually coming to an end, and the clinical manifestations are obvious to all. Once the patient leaves, this...