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PE: STATs

PE: STATs. #1 Method for Diagnosis:. Autopsy!. Feied C and Handler JA. EMedicine. June 2006. What Autopsies Tell Us About DVT & PE. According to autopsy literature, DVT and PE are much more common than realized.

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PE: STATs

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  1. PE: STATs #1 Method for Diagnosis: Autopsy! Feied C and Handler JA. EMedicine. June 2006.

  2. What Autopsies Tell Us About DVT & PE • According to autopsy literature, DVT and PE are much more common than realized. • Most patients with DVT develop PE and the majority of cases are unrecognized clinically. • Untreated, approximately one third of the patients who survive an initial PE die of a future embolic episode. • This is true whether the initial embolism is small or large! Feied C and Handler JA. EMedicine. June 2006.

  3. What Autopsies Tell Us About DVT & PE • Most cases of PE are diagnosed at autopsy and most who die of PE have not had any diagnostic workup or treatment of the disease. • In most cases, the diagnosis has not even been considered even when classic signs and symptoms are documented in the medical chart. • Sadly, appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic management often is withheld even when the potential diagnosis of PE has been considered explicitly and documented in the chart. Feied C and Handler JA. EMedicine. June 2006.

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