RT Book, Section A1 Sule, Harsh A2 Sherman, Scott C. A2 Weber, Joseph M. A2 Schindlbeck, Michael A. A2 Rahul G., Patwari SR Print(0) ID 1101224625 T1 Pulmonary Embolism T2 Clinical Emergency Medicine YR 2014 FD 2014 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-179460-2 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101224625 RD 2024/10/05 AB Consider pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients with complaints of dyspnea, chest pain, hemoptysis, or syncope.Dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, or tachypnea is present in 92% of patients with PE.If PE is considered in the differential, use clinical decision rules (PERC, Wells, Geneva) to help guide decisions regarding the patient work-up.Consider thrombolytics in hemodynamically unstable patients with confirmed PE.