Is This Patient Having a Myocardial Infarction?

Article Abstract:

Patients with sudden chest pain, sweating, electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities, abnormal heart sounds, and low blood pressure should be evaluated and promptly treated for a probable heart attack. A normal ECG and stabbing or positional chest pain reduce the likelihood of a heart attack. Patients with chest pain may require immediate administration of clot-dissolving drugs or coronary artery angioplasty, further diagnosis and less aggressive treatment, or no treatment at all. Rapidly determining if chest pain is caused by a heart attack guides the diagnosis and treatment of patients.

Heart attack, Electrocardiogram, Electrocardiography, Chest pain

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Risk of fatal pulmonary embolism in patients with treated venous thromboembolism

Article Abstract:

The risk of fatal pulmonary embolism following treatment for deep vein thrombosis (DVT). DVT is the occurrence of blood clots in the large veins in the legs. If the clot travels to the lungs, the condition is called pulmonary embolism (PE). Researchers evaluated 25 studies of the risk of fatal PE in patients who received 3 months of anticoagulant drugs following an episode of DVT. The rate of fatal PE was one percent or less during and after anticoagulant treatment in patients with DVT or PE.

Health aspects, Risk factors, Drug therapy, Anticoagulants (Medicine), Anticoagulants, Thrombosis, Deep vein, Deep vein thrombosis

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Does this patient have pulmonary embolism?

Article Abstract:

Clinical prediction rules can be used to determine if a particular patient has a low, moderate, or high risk of having a pulmonary embolism, according to researchers who analyzed 16 studies covering 8,306 patients. Clinical prediction rules are a type of algorithm that are used to identify patients with a particular medical condition based on signs and symptoms. Pulmonary embolism occurs when a blood clot forms in the legs and travels to the lungs.

Evaluation, Algorithms, Algorithm

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