Pte Flashcards
Pesi
11 variables
5 xlasses
Leds than 65- class 1 - 1%mortality
Class 5 - 125- 25 percent mortality
Simplified pesi
Variables
Interpretation
Age 80
Cancer
Chronic cardiopulmonary disease
Hr 110.
BP 100
Pao2 90
0 - no risk
>1 - high risk
Non thrombotic
Fat
Air
Amniotic
Tumor
Sources of embolism
Dvt
Pelvic.
Right ventricle
Renal and uterine vein
Sickle cell
Virchows triad
Hypercoagulability
Stasis
Injury
Risk factors
Immobility
Major surgery
Apla
Hyper coagulation states- malignancy, ocp, hit, essential thrombocytosis, pregamancy , protein c and s deficiency
Pathophysiology
Pulmonary vascular bed obstruction
Increased rv afterload- dilattaion- dec contractility- output dec- lv input dec- co dec- bpdec- coronary perfusion dec- o2 deliver- shock- death
Clinical prediction scores
Wells
Original geneva
Geneva
Pisa rule
Charlotte rule
Wells cps
7 variables
Dvt symptoms3
Prior dvt/pe.1.5
Malignancy1
H/o immobilization surgery 4 wks1.5
Hr 100. 1.5
Hemoptysis 1
Alternate diagnosis less likely 3
6 - high
Ecg pe
S1q3t3
Mc- tachy
Right strain pattern
Tall peaked t wavright axis deviation
Rbb
Cxr
D-dimer fp
Westermark
Hanptons hump
Pallas
Fp- pregnant, malignant, ami, sepsis,hepatic
Age >50 -
Angio
Cutoff sign
Intraluminal filling defect
Polo mint sign
Other tests
Vq scan
Pulm angio
2d echo- 60-60 sign,mcconnel sign
Doppler
Algorithm in shock
Ct available- do- pos-treat
Neg- search for other
Not available
Then echo- if no rv load- search
If plus- no other test available- rx
Algorithm without shock
Assess probability clinically
Low/int or unlikely- d-dimer
Neg- no rx
Pos- ct angio and accordingly
Hogh/likely- angio