Pulmonology

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How would you manage symptomatic, bilateral subsegmental PE developed after long air travel?

The patient takes frequent flights for their job, with no prior history of VTE, and has already been taking measures for prevention including frequent...

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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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In which cases would you consider early transition to DOAC (within 72 hours) for hospitalized patients with intermediate or high risk PE?

Assume thrombolytics are not indicated. Do you favor early DOAC transition after 24-48 hours of heparin gtt or do you favor LMWH for 10-14 days follow...

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Are SCDs contraindicated in patients with acute DVTs?

Is it different than early mobility that we always encourage?

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Do you use FVIII levels to differentiate between DIC and coagulopathy of liver disease?

Common thought is that FVIII may be used for differentiating coagulopathy in liver disease (normal to increased, from reduced clearance of VWF/FVIII) ...

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How long post operatively do you wait before transitioning from parenteral anticoagulation to oral anticoagulants after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for CTEPH?

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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

1 Answer available

When can abdominal surgery be safely performed for presumptive ovarian cancer in a patient with recent pulmonary emboli?

(Normal oxygenation and echo)

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Are there patients who can forgo anticoagulation with asymptomatic, incidentally discovered subsegmental pulmonary embolism?

If there are a low-risk patients who can be monitored, how would you do so? If unprovoked, would you consider stopping anticoagulation?

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Papers discussed in this category

AJR Am J Roentgenol,

Overdiagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism by Pulmonary CT Angiography.

Blood Adv,

American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.

CMAJ,

Identifying unprovoked thromboembolism patients at low risk for recurrence who can discontinue anticoagulant therapy.

Hepatology, 1996 Jun

Coagulation factor V levels as a prognostic indicator in fulminant hepatic failure.

Hepatology, 1986 Jul-Aug

Multivariate analysis of prognostic factors in fulminant hepatitis B.

Gut, 1992 Jan

Coagulation factor V and VIII/V ratio as predictors of outcome in paracetamol induced fulminant hepatic failure: relation to other prognostic indicators.

J Thromb Haemost, 2021 Jul 14

Use of direct oral anticoagulants in patients with obesity for treatment and prevention of venous thromboembolism: Updated communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Control of Anticoagulation.

Blood, 2020 Mar 19

How I treat obese patients with oral anticoagulants.

Journal of hospital medicine, 2019-01

Things We Do for No Reason: Intermittent Pneumatic Compression for Medical Ward Patients?

The New England journal of medicine, 2019 Feb 18

Adjunctive Intermittent Pneumatic Compression for Venous Thromboprophylaxis.

Phlebology, 2020 Mar 02

Risks and contraindications of medical compression treatment - A critical reappraisal. An international consensus statement.

VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten, 2001 Jul

Therapy of deep vein thrombosis with low molecular weight heparin, leg compression and immediate ambulation.

Journal of vascular surgery, 2000 Nov

Compression and walking versus bed rest in the treatment of proximal deep venous thrombosis with low molecular weight heparin.

The Lancet. Haematology, 2021 Aug 04

Early switch to oral anticoagulation in patients with acute intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PEITHO-2): a multinational, multicentre, single-arm, phase 4 trial.

Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, 2023 Jan-Dec

Retrospective Analysis of Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs) Initiation Timing and Outcomes After Thrombolysis in High- and Intermediate-Risk Pulmonary Embolism.

Journal of general internal medicine, 2007-01

Air travel and venous thromboembolism: a systematic review.

Blood advances, 2018-11-27

American Society of Hematology 2018 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: prophylaxis for hospitalized and nonhospitalized medical patients.

Blood advances, 2023 Nov 28

American Society of Hematology 2023 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: thrombophilia testing.

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