Today, I’m reviewing some resources on the recognition and treatment of submassive and massive pulmonary embolus.
Two days ago, I reviewed and posted the links to EMCrit 272 – Right Heart Failure With Dr. Sara Crager* [Link is to the podcast, show notes, and slides], April 29, 2020 from Dr. Scott Weingart of EMCrit. Her lecture and slides are simply outstanding.
Dr. Crager clearly explains the pathophysiology of RV failure.* Her clear explanations then segues into an outstanding checklist of how to recognize and treat RV failure.
*For an excellent brief discussion of all the causes of and diagnoses of right ventricular failure, see Right ventricular failure, Vol. 14, N° 32 – 12 Dec 2016, e-Journal of Cardiology Practice.**
**The e-Journal of Cardiology Practice is an outstanding source of brief open access articles on every aspect of cardiology.
Today, I’m reviewing my previous posts on pulmonary embolus (I’ll be reviewing other causes of RV failure in an upcoming post).
Here is a list of the resources I reviewed today:*
*Sometimes I link to my posts, rather than to the resources directly, because my posts often have summaries which I made for my own use. And each of my posts has the direct link.
- POCUS Cases 1: Pulmonary Embolism and Right Heart Strain
April 2, 2018 by Dr Rob Simard from POCUS Cases of the website Emergency Medicine Cases. - Massive Pulmonary Embolus From EM Quick Hits 1
Posted on January 21, 2020 by Tom Wade MD - A crashing patient with an abnormal ECG that you must recognize, Monday, March 12, 2018, from Dr. Smith’s ECG blog – “Instructive ECGs In Emergency Medicine Clinical Context.
- Submassive & Massive PE [Link is to the show notes and podcast]September 5, 2019 by Dr Josh Farkas from The Internet Book Of Critical Care [Link is to the IBCC Table of Contents]
- Podcast of Submassive & Massive PE
- My post Link To And Excerpts The IBCC chapter & cast – Submassive & Massive PE By Dr. Farkas contains a very rapid review of the must know facts and charts from the IBCC chapter
Posted on September 11, 2019 by Tom Wade MD
