The presence of shock defines the threshold to initiate thrombolytic therapy in patients with pulmonary embolism.
Wood
Kenneth E
KE
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Madison 53792-9988, USA. kew@medicine.wisc.edu
D000208:Acute Disease; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012769:Shock / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy