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Improved and aggressive prevention and prophylaxis by the critical care team is likely to provide the greatest improvement in mortality from pulmonary embolism.
Aggressive prevention and prophylaxis by the critical care team are emphasized as the most likely strategies to improve mortality from pulmonary embolism.
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Prioritizing prophylaxis may improve PE outcomes in critical care; leaves open prospective validation of mortality benefit.
Pulmonary embolism is a commonly suspected but underdiagnosed condition of clinical significance. Preventable deaths continue to occur. We begin this article with an overview of prognosis, clinical evidence, signs and symptoms, and risk factors, followed by an in-depth evaluation of diagnostic techniques and treatment modalities. The greatest improvement in mortality from pulmonary embolism is likely to come from improved and aggressive prevention and prophylaxis by the critical care team.
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Cardin et al. (2004) conducted a review in Pulmonary embolism. Improved and aggressive prevention and prophylaxis by the critical care team is likely to provide the greatest improvement in mortality from pulmonary embolism.
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