Appropriatetreatment, delivered expeditiously, is important for optimizing the chances of a full recovery.
Giving the appropriate treatment requires making the correct diagnosis as quickly as possible.
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Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis
Making a quick and accurate pulmonary embolism diagnosis can be tricky.
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They will take yoursymptomsinto account and consider how you match up with clinical pulmonary embolism criteria.
Several scoring systems have been devised for estimating the probability of a pulmonary embolus.
A D-dimer test can be used only to rule out a pulmonary embolus, not to make the diagnosis.
Step Three
Step three involves a diagnostic imaging study.
Generally, one of three kinds of tests will be used.
A contrast agent is injected into the bloodstream during the test to help visualize the arteries.
Diagnosis In Unstable Cases
A pulmonary embolus may cause immediate cardiovascular collapse.
In fact, a pulmonary embolus often turns out to be the cause of sudden death in younger people.
In the some cases, apulmonary infarctionis diagnosed as an additional finding when looking for a pulmonary embolus.
Other conditions can have similar symptoms.
About 10% to 25% of people with pulmonary embolism have a normal ECG.
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