Key result
Point-of-care echo facilitates timely RV dysfunction diagnosis in an adolescent with bilateral PE.
Case Report (n=1)
Point-of-care echocardiography by emergency physicians can facilitate timely diagnosis of right ventricular dysfunction in pediatric patients with pulmonary embolism.
May aid RV assessment in pediatric PE; hypothesis-generating case report requiring prospective validation before adoption.
Although pulmonary embolism in children is rare, it is important for the pediatric emergency medicine provider to be aware of its presentation and emergent management. We present a case of bilateral pulmonary embolisms in an adolescent patient to illustrate the benefits from the timely diagnosis of right ventricular dysfunction by point-of-care echocardiography performed by emergency medicine physicians. Ultrasonographic techniques and the emergent management of pulmonary embolism are reviewed.
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Presley et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Pulmonary embolism (n=1). Point-of-care echocardiography was evaluated. Point-of-care echocardiography performed by emergency medicine physicians facilitated the timely diagnosis of right ventricular dysfunction in an adolescent with bilateral pulmonary embolisms.
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