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... venous
system.
CLINICAL FINDINGS
IN
PE
Overview
First we will go over the clinical findings and tests. Then we
will go through a systematic evidence-based workup
of
PE.
Clinical
findings ... high clinical probability, it jumps to
40%.
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~
85%
of
patients with a high-probability scan have
aPE,
but with a high clinical probability, this rate
jumps
to 96%!
And with a low cl...
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Medicine Hospital Medicine, Mayo Clinic
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School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of
Medicine
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Rochester, Minnesota
Paul S. Mueller, MD
Consultant, Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Assist...
... recognized clinical entity
that is characterized by metabolic derangements secondary to the destruction of tumor
cells. Lysis of cells causes the release of intracellular pools of phosphate, potassium, ... irritability and tetany.
III-93. The answer is E. (Chap. 111) The clinical probability of PE can be delineated into likely
vs. unlikely using the clinical decision rule shown in the table b...
... Braunwald E, Kasper DL.
Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine
. 17th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2008:1560.
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inhibitors, or overt clinical signs of a secondary cause (Table 9–2).
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Other Cardiac Risk Factors and Evaluation...
... treatment for VT?
If the patient is asymptomatic and not hypotensive, treat with lidocaine or amiodarone; if
the patient is hypotensive or pulseless, treatment is defibrillation.
What ... of Emergency
Medicine . New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997: 348.)
Figure 2-7Osler nodes. (Reproduced, with permission, from Knoop KJ, Stack LB, Storrow
AB:Atlas of Emergency Medicine . New ......
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