Pulmonary embolism in children has been acknowledged to be an issue in clinical care but was thought to be rare.

The following is a summary of “Diagnostic accuracy of multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound for pulmonary embolism in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis,” published in the ...

Krunal Patel, MD, pulmonary and critical care fellow, Temple University Hospital, discusses how early intervention within 12 hours improved hemodynamic measurements and clinical outcomes in patients ...

They included 463 patients (mean age, 62.3 years; 41.9% women) with pulmonary embolism and followed them for 6 months. They also recruited 60 healthy control individuals (mean age, 58.43 ...

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Pulmonary embolism occurs when an embolus breaks away from a thrombus and blocks the pulmonary artery, generating symptoms that include shortness of breath, chest pain, fainting and haemoptysis.