In the US, pulmonary embolism (PE) kills 100,000 people each year and over 360,000 new cases of PE are diagnosed each year (Horlander 2003). Currently, the gold standard for diagnosing PE is the computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA).
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Wells’ Score + D-dimer to Rule Out PE
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Performance of the Ottawa Heart Failure Risk Score
In the United States, heart failure affects 5.7 million people. Acute heart failure exacerbation is a common ED presentation and 1 in 9 deaths in the US included heart failure as a contributing cause.
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Intertrochanteric Fractures
This post reviews the common intertrochanteric hip fracture focusing on diagnosis and management.
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Prevalence of PE in First Time Syncope Admitted to the Hospital (PESIT Study)
Pulmonary embolism (PE) kills 100,000 people in the United States each year making it the second most common cause of sudden, unexpected, nontraumatic death outside of the hospital. PE-related deaths can be unexpected because it can present with minimal symptoms,
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