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Pulmonary embolism was ruled out as the cause of syncope in 330 of the 560 patients on the basis of the diagnostic algorithm. Of the remaining 230 patients, 58.7% had a positive D-dimer assay, 1.3% ...

A pulmonary embolism or blood clot on the lungs is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that up to 100,000 people die each ...

Acute pulmonary embolism can be classified into massive and non- massive. The mortality rate for the latter is 4-4.5% of PE patients while for the former it is 95.5-96%.

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The rate of pulmonary embolism among patients with severe asthma was nine times greater than in the general population (0.93 vs 0.18 per 1000 person-years).

Lubarsch, 14 in 1918, observed pulmonary embolism in 18 per cent of his autopsies; Møller 15 had brought this up to 28 per cent by 1923, and Schoenmackers 16 to 39 per cent by 1958.

In 10 the episode of pulmonary embolism followed surgery. Only 3 patients did not have an associated disease, and had not been subjected to operation, when pulmonary embolism occurred.