Primary Care

Pulmonary Embolus

Questions discussed in this category

How do you decide between anticoagulation and observation for an incidentally detected subsegmental pulmonary embolism in elderly patients with a history of gastrointestinal bleeding?

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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

Papers discussed in this category

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.

Annals of internal medicine, 2021 Nov 23

Risk for Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolism Managed Without Anticoagulation : A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study.

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