Pulmonary Embolism

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Research Summary
Research Summary
08/09/2025
Anthony Calabro, MA
Patients who used statins for at least 4 weeks prior to total hip arthroplasty experienced significantly lower rates of venous thromboembolism within 90 days postoperatively. No significant differences were...
08/09/2025
What's The Take Home?
What's The Take Home?
10/02/2024
Ronald N. Rubin, MD
In part 1 of this 2-part series, Dr Rubin details the case of a 54-year-old woman who presents with a new report of shortness of breath for the last several days. The shortness of breath presented...
10/02/2024
What's The Take Home?
What's The Take Home?
01/07/2024
Ronald N. Rubin, MD
In part 2 of this 2-part series, Dr Rubin details the case of a 54-year-old woman who presents with a new report of shortness of breath for the last several days. As noted in part 1, the data collected from...
01/07/2024

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Research Summary
Research Summary
08/09/2025
Anthony Calabro, MA
Patients who used statins for at least 4 weeks prior to total hip arthroplasty experienced significantly lower rates of venous thromboembolism within 90 days postoperatively. No significant differences were...
08/09/2025
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism
08/06/2018
Gender differences associated with pulmonary embolism have been unclear and controversial.
08/06/2018
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism
02/14/2018
In a new study, researchers evaluated the safety of pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria for the ruling out of subsequent thromboembolic events in low-risk patients who presented to the emergency...
02/14/2018
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism
01/30/2018
Previous evidence of the prevalence of pulmonary embolism in patients with syncope has been conflicting. In a recent study, researchers aimed to clarify this potential association.
01/30/2018

Clinical Insights

podcast
podcast
01/31/2023
In this podcast, Victor J Test, MD, and Parth Rali, MD, MBBS, talk about controversies in the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism, including the use of inferior vena cava filters in...
01/31/2023
anticoagulation
anticoagulation
02/13/2022
In this podcast, Mary Looby, PharmD, and Christopher S. King, MD, speak about the use of direct oral anticoagulants for the treatment of venous thromboembolic disease and the duration of anticoagulation...
02/13/2022
management
management
01/24/2022
Bhavin Dalal, MD; Vijay Balasubramanian, MD
In this podcast, Bhavin Dalal, MD, and Vijay Balasubramanian, MD, talk about controversies in the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism, including intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism and a...
01/24/2022