Pulmonary embolism during pregnancy: How to avoid computed tomographic pulmonary angiography?

<p>Pregnancy and the postpartum period are well-established risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE). Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) remains the gold standard in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE), but exposure to teratogenic factors should be avoided in pregnant...

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Main Authors: Marcelina Makuch, Marcin Makuch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kazimierz Wielki University 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of Education, Health and Sport
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Online Access:https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/JEHS/article/view/31332
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spelling doaj-1fa9aeeb28924b1a93ca046a4f469cdf2021-09-08T14:44:38ZengKazimierz Wielki UniversityJournal of Education, Health and Sport2391-83062020-09-0110936436810.12775/JEHS.2020.10.09.04225291Pulmonary embolism during pregnancy: How to avoid computed tomographic pulmonary angiography?Marcelina Makuch0Marcin Makuch1Medical University of Lublin. Chair and Department of Pneumology, Oncology and AllergologyMedical University of Lublin, Chair and Department of Internal Diseases<p>Pregnancy and the postpartum period are well-established risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE). Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) remains the gold standard in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE), but exposure to teratogenic factors should be avoided in pregnant women. A few years ago the YEARS algorithm was developed, primarily to determine the need for CTPA.</p>https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/JEHS/article/view/31332venous thromboembolismpulmonary embolismcomputed tomographic pulmonary angiographyyears algorithm
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Pulmonary embolism during pregnancy: How to avoid computed tomographic pulmonary angiography?
Journal of Education, Health and Sport
venous thromboembolism
pulmonary embolism
computed tomographic pulmonary angiography
years algorithm
author_facet Marcelina Makuch
Marcin Makuch
author_sort Marcelina Makuch
title Pulmonary embolism during pregnancy: How to avoid computed tomographic pulmonary angiography?
title_short Pulmonary embolism during pregnancy: How to avoid computed tomographic pulmonary angiography?
title_full Pulmonary embolism during pregnancy: How to avoid computed tomographic pulmonary angiography?
title_fullStr Pulmonary embolism during pregnancy: How to avoid computed tomographic pulmonary angiography?
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary embolism during pregnancy: How to avoid computed tomographic pulmonary angiography?
title_sort pulmonary embolism during pregnancy: how to avoid computed tomographic pulmonary angiography?
publisher Kazimierz Wielki University
series Journal of Education, Health and Sport
issn 2391-8306
publishDate 2020-09-01
description <p>Pregnancy and the postpartum period are well-established risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE). Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) remains the gold standard in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE), but exposure to teratogenic factors should be avoided in pregnant women. A few years ago the YEARS algorithm was developed, primarily to determine the need for CTPA.</p>
topic venous thromboembolism
pulmonary embolism
computed tomographic pulmonary angiography
years algorithm
url https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/JEHS/article/view/31332
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