Intensive Care Units as a Place to Manage Pulmonary Emboli

There was once a time when the main considerations for the acute treatment of pulmonary emboli (PE) were anticoagulation, inferior vena caval interruption, and thrombolytics. The diagnosis, risk-stratification, treatment, and follow-up of PE has become more complicated. Due to the heterogeneity of PE patients (medical, oncology, orthopedics, surgery, neurosurgery, pediatrics, and obstetrics), a variety of alternate options began to develop. The management of PE became more complex due to the expanded role of catheter-based therapies, surgical thrombectomies, and cardiac-assist technologies, such as right ventricular-assist devices and extracorporeal support.
Source: Critical Care Clinics - Category: Intensive Care Authors: Tags: Preface Source Type: research