December 2009 Archives

Massive PE and thrombolysis?

By Patrick on December 17, 2009 2:06 AM | No Comments

In a patient with symptomatic pulmonary embolism wherein recommended doses of thrombolytic therapy is contraindicated because of recent surgery or GI bleeding, is low-dose, long-term thrombolytic therapy a useful adjunctive measure?

- submitted by Patrick Bui

« November 2009 | Main Index | Archives | January 2010 »

Categories

Monthly Archives

Search

Recent Entries

Recent Comments

  • mbazylewicz: Ok, here is my understanding from reading UpToDate: Parapneumonic effusion read more
  • Patrick: Initially, Aspergillosis was considered an AIDS-defining oppurtunistic infection in the read more
  • AH: Liver failure due to methimazole use. Woeber KA. Methimazole-induced hepatotoxicity. read more
  • eva mikrut: how often has dopamine or dobutamine been shown to affect read more
  • Farheen: I think we cannot make the diagnosis of diabetes in read more
  • Patrick: First, creatinine at higher levels is associated with smaller incremental read more
  • mbazylewicz: I read three reviews of diuretic resistance and none of read more
  • Patrick: Diagnostic Tests BNP: in the Breathing Not Properly study, using read more
  • Patrick: In a study of 259 primary care patients: symptoms Dyspnea read more
  • Patrick: Question: how would elevated central venous pressures affect renal venous read more