Pulmonary Embolism

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Symptoms
  • Dyspnea (most common)
    • At rest or exertion 73%
  • Pleuritic chest pain 44%
  • Cough 34%
  • Calf or high thigh pain 44%
  • Calf or thigh swelling 41%
  • Greater than 2-pilllow orthopnea 28% [13]
  • Hemoptysis 13%
  • Non-pleuritic chest pain
  • Syncope
    • 10% of patients with acute PE [14]
  • Anxiety
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