Managing venous thromboembolic events in daily practice: "time is never enough".
Pulmonary embolism is an insidious life-threatening condition. Its diagnosis represents a challenging topic in daily clinical practice since the recognition and the appropriate management of the condition can lead to the decrease of potentially fatal consequences. We present a clinical case which highlights the necessity for an increased level of 'surveillance' from the involved physicians since features of thromboembolic events may be elusive or vague.
Anyfantakis
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University General Hospital of Heraklion, Greece.
Symvoulakis
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Mitrouska
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D000074:Acenocoumarol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004322:Drainage; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000925:Anticoagulants; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight; D000074:Acenocoumarol