Pulmonary thromboembolism

diagnosis and therapy

Abstract

Pulmonary embolism is a frequent disease, but it is of low-occurrence diagnosis. This may be justified primarily by the fact that it features low specific symptoms and signs, leading to a delay in clinical suspicion. Furthermore, in spite of the existence of many complementary exams that can help diagnosis, many of them are unavailable in the majority of the medical institutions. This delayed diagnosis has severe repercussions, heading to increasing mortality rates. The main objectives of this revision is to awake about the diagnostic impression, to guide its investigation and its treatment.