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Review
. 2021 Aug 31;25(1):311.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-021-03679-2.

Advanced management of intermediate-high risk pulmonary embolism

Tatiana Weinstein  1 , Himanshu Deshwal  1 , Shari B Brosnahan  2
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Review

Advanced management of intermediate-high risk pulmonary embolism

Tatiana Weinstein et al. Crit Care. .

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Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2021. Other selected articles can be found online at https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2021 . Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from https://link.springer.com/bookseries/8901 .

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Treatment algorithm for hemodynamically stable pulmonary embolism (PE). BNP brain natriuretic peptide, PESI Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index, sPESI simplified PESI, RV right ventricular, CT computed tomography, PERT pulmonary embolism response team. ( Adapted from 2014 ESC guidelines [11])
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