Update in the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism for the non-respiratory physician
Sheila Ramjug and Gerrard Phillips
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2021-0666
Clin Med November 2021 Sheila Ramjug
AWythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK
Roles: consultant respiratory physician
Gerrard Phillips
BFederation of Royal Colleges of Physicians, London, UK and Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester, UK
Roles: executive medical director
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Update in the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism for the non-respiratory physician
Sheila Ramjug, Gerrard Phillips
Clinical Medicine Nov 2021, 21 (6) e591-e597; DOI: 10.7861/clinmed.2021-0666
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- Interpreting the role of PE clinical tools, scores and D-dimer
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- Role of echocardiography in the acute setting
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