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#92: Pulmonary Embolism for the Internist
#92: Pulmonary Embolism for the Internist
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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Apr 23, 2018
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Podcast episode
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Wow the crowd with your knowledge of pulmonary embolism! What are the red flags? What tools are available to guide you? How on Earth do you triage a patient with pulmonary embolism (PE)? What exactly is the RV spiral & how do PEs really cause morbidity and mortality?! Get schooled by pulmonary embolism expert, Dr. Oren Friedman, associate director of the Cardiac-Surgical Intensive care unit at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. Doctors Cyrus Askin and Chris Chiu join as co-hosts. Test Yo’ Self Pulmonary embolism quiz Written by Cyrus Askin, MD, Justin Berk, MD, MBA, MPH. Figure by Cyrus Askin, MD. Edited by Matthew Watto, MD Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com. Time Stamps 5:10 - Start of Interview / Introduction 10:00 - Case Presentation - Introduction of DVT / PE Spectrum and Pathophysiology 16:18 - How to Triage and Work-Up Pulmonary Embolism (CT, Echo, troponins, “eyeball”) 23:30 - Other ways to risk-stratify (Other CT findings, clot burden) 28:45 - What does a low-risk patient look like? 30:35 - When to consider treatment modalities other than general anticoagulation 35:12 - Anticoagulation treatment options 36:38 - Next step intensive interventions after anticoagulation 42:00 - Evidence behind catheter-directed lysis 44:05 - IVC Filter discussion 47:22 - Discharge criteria for PE 50:00 - Incidental PEs 52:40 - Interdisciplinary PERT Team Tags: pulmonary, embolism, thrombolysis, heparin, anticoagulation, right, ventricle, RV, left ventricle, LV, circulation, hypotension, shock, IVC, vena, cava, filter, catheter, TPA, echocardiogram, CT, scan, computed, tomography, shock, bleed, clot, deep, vein, thrombosis, vte, venous, embolism, assistant, care, doctor, education, family, foam, foamed, health, hospitalist, hospital, internal, internist, meded, medical, medicine, nurse, practitioner, professional, primary, physician, resident, student
Released:
Apr 23, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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