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December 16, 2013ThoraxOpen Access

Management dilemmas in acute pulmonary embolism

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Population

Patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) presenting with specific clinical management dilemmas

Design

Review

Authors

RCRobin CondliffeCECharlie ElliotRHRodney Hughes

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Overview

May guide acute PE decisions where guidelines are sparse; leaves open prospective validation of these approaches.

Structured PICO

P
Population
Patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) presenting with specific clinical management dilemmas
I
Intervention
Various management strategies including thrombolysis, surgical or catheter-based therapy, caval filter insertion, and novel oral anticoagulants

This review provides practical, evidence- and experience-based approaches for managing 14 complex clinical dilemmas in acute pulmonary embolism where specific guideline recommendations may be lacking.

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Condliffe et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ff8024b124fe58198578f0https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204667
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