Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism

In the US, pulmonary embolism (PE) affects approximately 370 000 patients annually and is estimated to cause 60 000 to 100 000 deaths per year. In this podcast, JAMA Senior Editor Kristin Walter, MD, MS, discusses the clinical presentation, diagnostic strategies, and treatment of PE with Yonathan Freund, MD, PhD, professor of emergency medicine at Sorbonne University in Paris, France.

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Podcast was originally published on October 4, 2022.
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Topics discussed in this interview:
00:00 Introduction
00:26 Yonathan Fruend
00:49 Pulmonary embolism incidence
01:40 Increase of incidence
02:50 Estimated of PE prevalence
03:34 Wells score and Geneva score
04:37 Gestalt evaluation
05:41 PERC score
06:57 D-Dimer testing
08:10 CT pulmonary angiogram
09:07 Pregnancy and imaging study
10:17 Treatments
12:19 Data
13:29 Treatment for high risk patients
15:12 Optimal duration of anticoagulants
16:33 Assessment of patients
17:27 Potential long term sequelae
18:23 Conclusion

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