RT Book, Section
A1 Ciment, Ari
A1 Ciment, Lawrence M.
A2 Farcy, David A.
A2 Chiu, William C.
A2 Marshall, John P.
A2 Osborn, Tiffany M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1135700403
T1 Pulmonary Embolism
T2 Critical Care Emergency Medicine, 2e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071838764
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135700403
RD 2024/04/25
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