Associate Medical Director Cook County Hospital Chicago, Illinois
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Session Description: This lecture is comprised of two parts: the first part provides clear guidelines to categorize a pulmonary embolism ranging from low risk to massive. The second part uses this categorization to discuss appropriate and cutting-edge management options.
Learning Objectives:
Appropriately categorize acute pulmonary embolisms into low risk, low risk submassive, high risk submassive, and massive.
Organize a pulmonary embolism treatment plan based on risk stratification.
Confidently know when and how to order systemic thrombolysis for a pulmonary embolism.
Appropriately categorize acute pulmonary embolisms into low risk, low risk submassive, high risk submassive, and massive.