Pulmonary Embolism with Al Sacchettii, MD

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, interview Al Sacchetti, MD, about the August 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Evidence-Based Management of Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency DepartmentEtiology/pathophysiologyRisk factorsDifferential diagnosisPrehospital careED history and physical examDiagnostic scoring systemsPregnant patients Diagnostic studiesECGD-DimerTroponin & BNPChest x-rayCT V/Q scansMRIUSTreatmentIV fluidsAnticoagulationVasopressorsThrombolyticsThrombectomyECMODispositionCheck out the clinical pathway at https://clinicalpathways.ebmedicine.net