Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a pathological entity characterised by venous
thromboembolism in the pulmonary arteries. It is a common entity in daily clinical practice …

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is an important cause of sudden death and is difficult to diagnose.
Therefore unnecessary radiological investigations are often resorted to. Although some …

Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia frequently leads to various extrapulmonary complications;
however, reports of C. psittaci-pneumonia complicated by pulmonary thrombosis are …

Objectives. To assess the performance of the Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria (PERC)
and the age-modified PERC-35 tool in hospital emergency departments (EDs) for evaluating …

Pulmonary embolus (PE) carries a significant impending morbidity and mortality, especially
in intermediate and high-risk patients, and the choice of initial anticoagulation that allows for …

Background Distinguishing between large-vessel diseases such as acute aortic syndrome
(AAS) and pulmonary embolism (PE), and non-large-vessel diseases, such as acute …

Background The aim of this trial-based economic evaluation was to assess the incremental
costs and cost-effectiveness of the modified diagnostic strategy combining the YEARS rule …

Introduction The prediction rules of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) before imaging tests
recommended by the commonly used guidelines have low diagnostic efficiency if not …

BACS, Bleeding, Age, Cancer, and Syncope; CrCl, creatinine clearance; HAS-BLED,
Hypertension, Abnormal renal/liver function, Stroke, Bleeding history or predisposition …

1ICU, CHU UCL Godinne Namur, UCL Louvain Medical School, Yvoir, Belgium; 2ULB
University Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium; 3ICU and …