ArticleEmergency radiology2015
The prevalence of pulmonary embolism among patients suffering from acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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- Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Pooled it
- The prevalence and clinical features of pulmonary embolism in patients with AE-COPD: A meta-analysis and systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Thoracic Imaging at Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2020Pooled it
- Risk Factors Associated With Venous Thromboembolism in Individuals With COPD: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/HemostasisPooled it
- The prevalence and risk factors of pulmonary embolism in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Thrombosis journal · 2025Review
- Prevalence, Risk Factor and Clinical Characteristics of Venous Thrombus Embolism in Patients with Acute Exacerbation of COPD: A Prospective Multicenter Study.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2023Observational
- Pulmonary Embolism and Respiratory Deterioration in Chronic Cardiopulmonary Disease: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Hypercoagulation in COPD: the clot thickens.ERJ open research · 2021Article
- Pulmonary embolism with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Chronic diseases and translational medicine · 2021Review
- Patients with Mild COVID-19 Symptoms and Coincident Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Series.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2020Article
- Utility of Computed Tomography in a Differential Diagnosis for the Patients with an Initial Diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation.Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases · 2019Article
- Pulmonary Embolism in Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Chinese medical journal · 2018Review
- Clinical symptoms and related risk factors in pulmonary embolism patients and cluster analysis based on these symptoms.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Eosinophilic biomarkers for detection of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with or without pulmonary embolism.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2017Article
- One-year and long-term mortality in patients hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Journal of thoracic disease · 2017Article
- The Incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Asian Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Medicine · 2015Observational
- 2021 Guideline for the Management of COPD Exacerbations: Emergency Medicine Association of Turkey (EMAT) / Turkish Thoracic Society (TTS) Clinical Practice Guideline Task Force.Turkish journal of emergency medicineArticle
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Abstract
The clinical diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is often difficult due to the similarity in the presenting symptoms of the two conditions. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of PE in patients with acute exacerbation of COPD. Forty-nine consecutive patients admitted to our medical center for acute exacerbation of COPD were investigated for PE (whether or not clinically suspected), following a standardized algorithm based on D-dimer testing and computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA). PE was ruled out by a D-dimer value <500 μg/L in 20 (41 %) patients and by negative CTPA in 40 (82 %). PE was confirmed in 9 patients. The prevalence of PE was 18 %. One patient with normal D-dimer had PE. Presenting symptoms and signs were similar between patients who did and did not have PE. PE was detected in 18 % of COPD patients who were hospitalized for an acute exacerbation. This finding supports the systematic evaluation of PE in hospitalized COPD exacerbated patients.
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