Use of Endobronchial Ultrasound for Bedside Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Embolism in a Critically Ill Patient

Chest. 2019 Mar;155(3):651-652. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.11.013.

Authors

Colleen L Channick¹, Richard N Channick²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: cchannick@mednet.ucla.edu.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

PMID: 30846074
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.11.013

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Bronchoscopy / methods*
Conservative Treatment / methods
Critical Illness / therapy*
Endosonography / methods*
Fibrinolytic Agents / administration & dosage
Heparin / administration & dosage*
Humans
Male
Patient Selection
Point-of-Care Testing*
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis*
Pulmonary Embolism / physiopathology

Substances

Fibrinolytic Agents
Heparin