Acute pulmonary embolism in young: Case reports
Pulmonary embolism remains a disease which needs high clinical suspicion to prevent mortality and morbidity. More so in young healthy individuals, suspicion is very low as compared to old age individuals with multiple co-morbid conditions. Pulmonary embolism carries high mortality if not suspected a...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
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| description | Pulmonary embolism remains a disease which needs high clinical suspicion to prevent mortality and morbidity. More so in young healthy individuals, suspicion is very low as compared to old age individuals with multiple co-morbid conditions. Pulmonary embolism carries high mortality if not suspected and treatment initiated as early as possible. There are two case reports of young male individuals who presented as acute onset of breathlessness and later diagnosed and treated as a case of pulmonary thromboembolism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-13ebf39a10f84162b44619cb472b5a142022-12-21T23:20:04ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsThe Journal of Association of Chest Physicians2320-87752320-90892017-01-0151465010.4103/2320-8775.196657Acute pulmonary embolism in young: Case reportsSandeep RanaPulmonary embolism remains a disease which needs high clinical suspicion to prevent mortality and morbidity. More so in young healthy individuals, suspicion is very low as compared to old age individuals with multiple co-morbid conditions. Pulmonary embolism carries high mortality if not suspected and treatment initiated as early as possible. There are two case reports of young male individuals who presented as acute onset of breathlessness and later diagnosed and treated as a case of pulmonary thromboembolism.http://www.jacpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2320-8775;year=2017;volume=5;issue=1;spage=46;epage=50;aulast=RanaClinical suspicionpulmonary embolismyoung male |
| spellingShingle | Sandeep Rana Acute pulmonary embolism in young: Case reports The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians Clinical suspicion pulmonary embolism young male |
| title | Acute pulmonary embolism in young: Case reports |
| title_full | Acute pulmonary embolism in young: Case reports |
| title_fullStr | Acute pulmonary embolism in young: Case reports |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute pulmonary embolism in young: Case reports |
| title_short | Acute pulmonary embolism in young: Case reports |
| title_sort | acute pulmonary embolism in young case reports |
| topic | Clinical suspicion pulmonary embolism young male |
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