Discharge or admit? Emergency department management of incidental pulmonary embolism in patients with cancer: a retrospective study

Discharge or admit? Emergency department management of incidental pulmonary embolism in patients with cancer: a retrospective study

Abstract Background Hospitalization and early anticoagulation therapy remain standard care for patients who present to the emergency department (ED) with pulmonary embolism (PE). For PEs discovered incidentally, however, optimal therapeutic strategies are less clear—and all the more so when the pati...

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Main Authors: Srinivas R. Banala, Sai-Ching Jim Yeung, Terry W. Rice, Cielito C. Reyes-Gibby, Carol C. Wu, Knox H. Todd, W. Frank Peacock, Kumar Alagappan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:International Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Incidental pulmonary embolism
Cancer
Emergency
Outpatient
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12245-017-0144-9

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