A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot in the pulmonary artery, which carries blood from your heart to your lungs. It’s a medical emergency that requires immediate medical attention. Research from 2022 ...

Coughing up blood — a symptom known as hemoptysis — can be a sign of several different conditions. Many of these conditions can be serious, and some even life threatening. One of the conditions in ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common and potentially life threatening condition that doctors categorize as acute, subacute, or chronic. Deep vein thrombosis can increase a person’s risk of any type of ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

#. A 70-year-old man was taken to the emergency room due to sudden difficulty in breathing. The diagnostic result is 'Closed embolism'. A month ago, while lying in a hospital bed with a fracture in ...

Cases of COVID-19, particularly severe ones, may increase a person’s risk of developing a pulmonary embolism. COVID-19 is a highly contagious, rapidly spreading illness. It can cause pneumonia, cold, ...

Physicians appear to place lower importance on factors that may lead to diagnosis of pulmonary embolism when evaluating patients with dementia who present with shortness of breath, a new study finds.

Analysis is first to compare health system-based electronic health record data for treatment of pulmonary embolism with interventional devices Each year, approximately 350,000 patients in the United ...