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Home > West Medicine > Surgery > Thoracic Surgery

Classroom classification

百科

Pulmonary embolism and infarction

心胸外科

Common symptoms

胸痛、肺栓塞、体肺循环栓塞、呼吸困难、咯血、静脉血栓、肺不张、突发的右侧心衰、肺纹理减少

The pathology of disease

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is embolus (usually DVT thrombus) occluding pulmonary artery; sudden dyspnea; chest pain; hemoptysis; life-threatening.

Symptoms

Sudden dyspnea; pleuritic chest pain; hemoptysis; tachycardia; syncope; hypoxia

Causes

DVT thrombus; immobilization; surgery; malignancy; hypercoagulability.

Treatment

Anticoagulation (heparin/warfarin/DOAC); thrombolysis; IVC filter; supportive

Dept

Respiratory / emergency.

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