This week we dive into the controversies surrounding the PESIT study looking at the prevalence of PE in admitted patients with syncope


https://media.blubrry.com/coreem/content.blubrry.com/coreem/Podcast_Episode_73_0_Final_Cut.m4a



Download


Leave a Comment





Tags: Cardiovascular, Journal Club, PE, Pulmonary, Pulmonary Embolism, Syncope





Show Notes
Read More
EMLit of Note: The Impending Pulmonary Embolism Apocolypse
St. Emlyn’s: JC – Prevelance of PE in Patients with Syncope
EM Nerd (EMCrit): The Case of the Incidental Bystander
Pulm CCM: PESIT Investigators: The Incidence of PE in Those Hospitalized Following First Syncope
References
Hutchinson BD et al. Overdiagnosis of pulmonary embolism by pulmonary CT angiography. Am J Rad 2015; 205(2):271-7. PMID: 26204274