Hematology

Pulmonary Embolus

Questions discussed in this category

How do you manage concurrent non-life-threatening hemoptysis and acute pulmonary embolism?

Estimating blood loss from hemoptysis is not always reliable. The bleeding may be due to the PE itself. Is anticoagulation with any degree of hemoptys...

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What is your protocol for transitioning to oral anticoagulation post-thrombolysis for pulmonary embolism?

High-risk PEs are typically treated with loading doses of anticoagulants or bridging with LMWH. Do you omit the bridging/loading period and go straigh...

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How does your approach to subsegmental PE differ from segmental PE both diagnostically and therapeutically?

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For patients with newly diagnosed VTE on IV heparin planned for transition to DOAC, would you start at the loading or maintenance DOAC dose?

If they have been on IV heparin for 3 days, for example, would you subtract those days from the recommended loading dose time?

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How would you manage a patient with morbid obesity who presents with new symptomatic pulmonary embolism a few days after he was started on DOAC for DVT?

What is your preferred anticoagulation in patients with BMI >50?

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Would you restart prophylactic anticoagulation in a patient with a history of unprovoked PE who received short term anticoagulation with a prior physician?

E.g. low dose DOAC

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