Articles Tagged With: d-dimer
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Pulmonary Embolism
Emergency clinicians need to remain updated on the management and treatment of many critical diagnoses. Pulmonary emboli carry a significant morbidity and mortality, even with the advances in treatment that have been made over the past several decades. Having a high suspicion, making the diagnosis early, and initiating treatment are important for optimal patient outcomes.
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Effective Defense for ED if Allegation Is Failure to Rule Out Aortic Dissection
Aortic dissection is not an easy diagnosis to make, and providers cannot order advanced imaging on every person who comes through the ED. But the mere act of documenting why aortic dissection was thought to be unlikely could make the provider reconsider the decision to discharge — and end up saving a life.
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Anticoagulation Therapy in Patients with Severe COVID-19
In a retrospective study involving 449 patients with severe COVID-19 requiring intensive care unit admission, those patients with a positive sepsis coagulation score or D-dimer greater than 3.0 mcg/mL who received prophylactic doses of low molecular weight heparin exhibited lower 28-day mortality.