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ArticleBMJ case reports2020

Repeated and adaptive multidisciplinary assessment of a patient with acute pulmonary embolism and recurrent cardiac arrests.

Karin Fryk, Christian Rylander, Kristina Svennerholm

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karin FrykDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden karin.fryk@vgregion.se.
Christian RylanderDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden.
Kristina SvennerholmDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden.
Sahlgrenska University Hospital · SE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening condition that must be recognised and treated rapidly. The importance of correct risk stratification to guide therapeutic decisions has prompted the introduction of multidisciplinary PE response teams (PERTs). The recommended first-line treatment for high-risk PE is intravenous thrombolysis. Alternatives to consider if thrombolysis has insufficient effect or may cause significant haemorrhagic complications include catheter-directed intervention (CDI) and surgical thrombectomy. For patients in deep shock or cardiac arrest, veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) can be instituted for cardiopulmonary rescue and support during CDI, thrombectomy or pharmacological treatment. We present a complex case of high-risk PE that illustrates the importance of an early PERT conference and repeated decision-making when the initial therapy fails. After a trial of thrombolysis with insufficient effect, VA-ECMO was used to reverse circulatory and respiratory collapse in a patient with PE and recurrent episodes of cardiac arrest.

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Hospital Rapid Response TeamAcute DiseaseAdultCardiopulmonary ResuscitationClinical Decision-MakingComputed Tomography AngiographyCoronary AngiographyDiagnosis, DifferentialEchocardiographyElectrocardiographyEpinephrineExtracorporeal Membrane OxygenationFirst AidHumansMaleMyocardial IschemiaEpinephrineintensive carepulmonary embolismresuscitationvenous thromboembolism

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PMID32878851
PMCPMC7470635
OpenAlexW3082038157

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