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Suggest Treatment For Shortness Of Breath And Chest Pain
Mrs. Weasley is 50 years old and just returned from a 15 hour long flight travel yesterday. She is now checking in to the ER with shortness of breath and chest pain. What would the doctor s diagnosis for Mrs. Weasley be? Can her situation be treated successfully
Fri, 21 Nov 2014
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Probably he has ...acute pulmonary embolism secondary to DVT(deep vein thrombosis): travel lo g flights is one of the cause.
The prognosis of patients with pulmonary embolism depends on the underlying disease state and appropriate diagnosis and treatment. Mortality for acute pulmonary embolism depends on massive pulmonary embolism and nonmassive pulmonary embolism.
Anticoagulant treatment decreases mortality to less than 5%. At 5 days of anticoagulant therapy, 36% of lung scan defects are resolved; at 2 weeks, 52% are resolved; and at 3 months, 73% are resolved.
Most patients treated with anticoagulants do not develop long-term sequelae upon follow-up evaluation.
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Probably he has ...acute pulmonary embolism secondary to DVT(deep vein thrombosis): travel lo g flights is one of the cause.
The prognosis of patients with pulmonary embolism depends on the underlying disease state and appropriate diagnosis and treatment. Mortality for acute pulmonary embolism depends on massive pulmonary embolism and nonmassive pulmonary embolism.
Anticoagulant treatment decreases mortality to less than 5%. At 5 days of anticoagulant therapy, 36% of lung scan defects are resolved; at 2 weeks, 52% are resolved; and at 3 months, 73% are resolved.
Most patients treated with anticoagulants do not develop long-term sequelae upon follow-up evaluation.
Hope you'd understand
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