Venous thromboembolism in the ICU: main characteristics, diagnosis and thromboprophylaxis

C Minet, L Potton, A Bonadona, R Hamidfar-Roy… - Critical Care, 2015 - Springer
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), including pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep venous
thrombosis (DVT), is a common and severe complication of critical illness. Although well …

Incidental findings in imaging diagnostic tests: a systematic review

B Lumbreras, L Donat… - The British journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The objective of this review is to summarise the available evidence on the frequency and
management of incidental findings in imaging diagnostic tests. Original articles were …

Time trends in pulmonary embolism in the United States: evidence of overdiagnosis

RS Wiener, LM Schwartz… - Archives of internal …, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Background Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) may improve detection
of life-threatening pulmonary embolism (PE), but this sensitive test may have a downside …

When a test is too good: how CT pulmonary angiograms find pulmonary emboli that do not need to be found

RS Wiener, LM Schwartz, S Woloshin - Bmj, 2013 - bmj.com
Conclusion—CT pulmonary angiography has reduced missed pulmonary embolism but
seems to result in overdiagnosis. We need to learn which small emboli need treatment For …

Prevalence and localization of pulmonary embolism in unexplained acute exacerbations of COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis

FE Aleva, LWLM Voets, SO Simons, Q de Mast… - Chest, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Patients with COPD experience episodes of increased inflammation, so-called
acute exacerbations of COPD (AE-COPD). In 30% of AE-COPD cases, no clear cause is …

Prevalence and clinical history of incidental, asymptomatic pulmonary embolism: a meta-analysis

F Dentali, W Ageno, C Becattini, L Galli, M Gianni… - Thrombosis research, 2010 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: Recently, there has been an increasing number of reports of incidental
pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients undergoing chest computer tomography (CT) for …

Lung perfusion with dual-energy multidetector-row CT (MDCT): feasibility for the evaluation of acute pulmonary embolism in 117 consecutive patients

F Pontana, JB Faivre, M Remy-Jardin, T Flohr… - Academic radiology, 2008 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: To investigate the accuracy of dual-energy computed
tomography in the depiction of perfusion defects in patients with acute pulmonary embolism …

Diagnosis and management of isolated subsegmental pulmonary embolism: review and assessment of the options

PD Stein, LR Goodman, RD Hull… - Clinical and Applied …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
We assessed the potential safety of withholding treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE)
limited to subsegmental branches. Literature review showed that untreated patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Unsuspected pulmonary emboli adversely impact survival in patients with cancer undergoing routine staging multi‐row detector computed tomography …

C O'connell, P Razavi, M Ghalichi, S Boyle… - Journal of Thrombosis …, 2011 - Elsevier
Background: While symptomatic venous thromboembolism adversely impacts survival
among cancer patients, the outcome of cancer patients with unsuspected pulmonary …

Prospective evaluation of artificial intelligence triage of incidental pulmonary emboli on contrast-enhanced CT examinations of the chest or abdomen

CH Savage, AA Elkassem, O Hamki… - American Journal of …, 2024 - ajronline.org
BACKGROUND. Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms improved detection of incidental
pulmonary embolism (IPE) on contrast-enhanced CT (CECT) examinations in retrospective …