This summer I wrote an article about my experience with a postsurgical pulmonary embolism, hoping that sharing my story would help others take their own medical warning signs seriously. Hundreds of ...

Exercise rehabilitation may confer functional improvements to patients struggling to breathe following a pulmonary embolism (PE), a randomized controlled trial found. Patients with persistent dyspnea ...

Life expectancy for someone with a pumonary embolism (PE) will depend on the type and severity, individual factors, and how soon the person receives a diagnosis and treatment. Doctors use a scale to ...

Within the prior 24 months, I have had a financial relationship with a company producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients: Receive the the ...

A new national safety investigation by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) has uncovered a number of key challenges for healthcare staff when diagnosing 'time-critical' pulmonary ...

SAN ANTONIO (January 29, 2024). — In patients who undergo pulmonary resection for lung cancer, a major potential postoperative complication is venous thromboembolism (VTE)—a condition that develops ...