2026 PE Guidelines
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is one of those diagnoses that finds its way into a lot of differential diagnoses. In the era of reasonably easy-but-occasionally-argue-with-radiologist to get CTPAs, the diagnosis has increased. An […]
Pulmonary Embolism
JC: Pulmonary Embolism – The PEGeD study
The use of clinical probability adjusted d-dimer thresholds for exclusion of pulmonary embolism
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Pulmonary Embolism – We call it massiiiiiiivve
I have been asked to talk about the diagnosis of massive PE for the upcoming EUSEM congress in Glasgow this month. We have blogged on this before1, but it’s a
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The Argument for Systemic Thrombolytics in Submassive Pulmonary Embolism. Swami at St.Emlyn’s
On June 15th 2016, I delivered an 8 minute talk arguing that we strongly consider the administration of systemic thrombolytics in patients with submassive pulmonary embolism at SMACCDub. This talk
Prevalence of PE in patients with syncope
There is a bit of a buzz on social media at the moment1 about an interesting paper in the NEJM2 on the prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism in patients with syncope3.
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Podcast – Intro to EM – Chest Pain
Podcast – An introduction to caring for the patient with chest pain in the Emergency Department
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Podcast – Intro to EM: Shortness of Breath
Podcast – An introduction to caring for the patient with shortness of breath in the Emergency Department
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