The Clot Thickens: Diagnosing Acute Pulmonary Embolism as a Trigger for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation in the Setting of Anticoagulation Failure
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations are most commonly triggered by infections, but up to 25% of those that require hospitalization are thought to be triggered by acute pulmonary embolism. We present the case of a 71-year-old patient with a history of unprovoked pulmonary embol...
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| description | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations are most commonly triggered by infections, but up to 25% of those that require hospitalization are thought to be triggered by acute pulmonary embolism. We present the case of a 71-year-old patient with a history of unprovoked pulmonary embolisms on anticoagulation therapy hospitalized for a COPD exacerbation. The exacerbation was triggered by an acute pulmonary embolism, representing anticoagulation failure. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff64e5ced6de46b6b6c019c039a0491a2022-12-22T01:33:04ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942020-09-0110.12890/2020_0018841500The Clot Thickens: Diagnosing Acute Pulmonary Embolism as a Trigger for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation in the Setting of Anticoagulation FailureSameh Saleh0Ishak Mansi1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA; Medicine Services, VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, TX, USA Medicine Services, VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, TX, USA; Department of Population and Data Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USAChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations are most commonly triggered by infections, but up to 25% of those that require hospitalization are thought to be triggered by acute pulmonary embolism. We present the case of a 71-year-old patient with a history of unprovoked pulmonary embolisms on anticoagulation therapy hospitalized for a COPD exacerbation. The exacerbation was triggered by an acute pulmonary embolism, representing anticoagulation failure.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1884copd exacerbationpulmonary embolismanticoagulationanticoagulation failureenoxaparin |
| spellingShingle | Sameh Saleh Ishak Mansi The Clot Thickens: Diagnosing Acute Pulmonary Embolism as a Trigger for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation in the Setting of Anticoagulation Failure European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine copd exacerbation pulmonary embolism anticoagulation anticoagulation failure enoxaparin |
| title | The Clot Thickens: Diagnosing Acute Pulmonary Embolism as a Trigger for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation in the Setting of Anticoagulation Failure |
| title_full | The Clot Thickens: Diagnosing Acute Pulmonary Embolism as a Trigger for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation in the Setting of Anticoagulation Failure |
| title_fullStr | The Clot Thickens: Diagnosing Acute Pulmonary Embolism as a Trigger for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation in the Setting of Anticoagulation Failure |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Clot Thickens: Diagnosing Acute Pulmonary Embolism as a Trigger for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation in the Setting of Anticoagulation Failure |
| title_short | The Clot Thickens: Diagnosing Acute Pulmonary Embolism as a Trigger for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation in the Setting of Anticoagulation Failure |
| title_sort | clot thickens diagnosing acute pulmonary embolism as a trigger for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation in the setting of anticoagulation failure |
| topic | copd exacerbation pulmonary embolism anticoagulation anticoagulation failure enoxaparin |
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