title: Pulmonary embolism: diagnosis and treatment.
abstract: Pulmonary embolism is a condition with a potentially high mortality that often goes unrecognized. Prompt diagnosis and treatment effectively reduce the mortality rate. Clinical judgment alone is insufficient for diagnosis; objective testing is needed. Once the diagnosis is made, effective treatment should be instituted. Treatments differ, based on several factors including disease severity, contraindications to treatment and pre-existing diseases. The major thrust of training should be to teach medical care workers how to prevent deep vein thrombosis and its most serious complication, pulmonary embolism.
authors.affiliation: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dobkin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reichel
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005374:Filtration / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D013300:Streptokinase; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator