Pulmonary embolism in the pediatric emergency department: a case demonstrating the application of point-of-care cardiac ultrasound in a pediatric patient with pulmonary embolism.
Although pulmonary embolism in children is rare, it is important for the pediatric emergency medicine provider to be aware of its presentation and emergent management. We present a case of bilateral pulmonary embolisms in an adolescent patient to illustrate the benefits from the timely diagnosis of right ventricular dysfunction by point-of-care echocardiography performed by emergency medicine physicians. Ultrasonographic techniques and the emergent management of pulmonary embolism are reviewed.
From the Departments of *Medicine and †Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Bradley C
BC
Presley
Daniel B
DB
Park
Sarah E
SE
Sterner
Celia
C
Cheung
Stephanie
S
Bailey
Geoffrey E
GE
Hayden
D000293:Adolescent; D004452:Echocardiography; D004630:Emergencies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*