TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Pulmonary Embolism A1 - Ciment, Ari A1 - Ciment, Lawrence M. A2 - Farcy, David A. A2 - Chiu, William C. A2 - Marshall, John P. A2 - Osborn, Tiffany M. PY - 2016 T2 - Critical Care Emergency Medicine, 2e AB - Since the advent of CT pulmonary angiography, there has been a marked increase in the incidence of diagnosed pulmonary embolism (PE), from 62.1 to 112.3 cases per one hundred thousand, although it is still believed that more than half of all cases remain undetected. Concomitantly over the last 30 years, the incidence of pulmonary emboli in all hospitalized patients has tripled, from 0.5% to 1.5%.1 Although the incidence of PE has increased markedly, the absolute mortality has not, suggesting a new over-diagnosis.2,3 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135700403 ER -