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…kground The prognostic significance of systemic inflammation in pulmonary embolism (PE) remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the predicti…

…ound The metabolic score of visceral fat (METS-VF) is linked to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) incidence, while its association with mortality and adve…

…usion was noted. CT pulmonary angiography, performed to exclude pulmonary embolism, revealed focal pericardial fat inflammation, retrospectively d…

…a and hypertension were the most prevalent comorbidities, while DKA was the least common diabetes-related complication.Table 1Socio…

…pe (neuraxial, general, combined) and several adverse outcomes (pulmonary embolism, cerebrovascular events, pulmonary compromise, cardiac complica…

… D-dimer (AADD) cut-off (age ×10 ng/mL) improves specificity in pulmonary embolism (PE) diagnosis but requires validation in heterogeneous populat…

…s (pneumothorax: mean 66 (SD 20); PE: 71 (SD = 17)). PPVs were: pneumothorax 80% (132/165), PE 85.3% (515/604), and PE with cor pulmonale 93…

…Background Pulmonary hypertension is a rare, progressive and life-threatening condition, which is…

…Introduction Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in critically ill patients is often undetected. However, …

…lment to complete one of the two case vignettes consistent with pulmonary embolism (PE). The two versions contained objectively identical clinical…

…enous thromboembolic events (VTEs) like deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism are frequent complications in (neuro) critical ill patients. An…

…Teng E, Bennett L, Morelli T, et al. An unusual presentation of pulmonary embolism leading to infarction, cavitation, abscess formation and bronch…