globule (fat embolism), a bubble of air or other gas (gas embolism), amniotic fluid (amniotic fluid embolism), or foreign material. An embolism can cause...
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Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of an artery in the lungs by a substance that has moved from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream (embolism). Symptoms...
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An air embolism, also known as a gas embolism, is a blood vessel blockage caused by one or more bubbles of air or other gas in the circulatory system....
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Fat embolism syndrome occurs when fat enters the blood stream (fat embolism) and results in symptoms. Symptoms generally begin within a day. This may...
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A septic embolism is a type of embolism that is infected with bacteria, resulting in the formation of pus. These may become dangerous if dislodged from...
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Arterial embolism is a sudden interruption of blood flow to an organ or body part due to an embolus adhering to the wall of an artery blocking the flow...
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An amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a life-threatening childbirth (obstetric) emergency in which amniotic fluid enters the blood stream of the mother,...
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as an "embolism." An embolism can cause ischemia—damage to an organ from lack of oxygen. A paradoxical embolism is a specific type of embolism in which...
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Intercalation (timekeeping) (redirect from Embolismic month)
Look up intercalation or embolism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Intercalation or embolism in timekeeping is the insertion of a leap day, week, or...
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Cholesterol embolism occurs when cholesterol is released, usually from an atherosclerotic plaque, and travels as an embolus in the bloodstream to lodge...
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Venous thrombosis (redirect from Deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism)
(embolizes) and flows to the lungs to lodge there, it becomes a pulmonary embolism (PE), a blood clot in the lungs. The conditions of DVT only, DVT with PE...
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Embolism may refer to: Embolism, when an object (the embolus) migrates from one part of the body (through circulation) and causes a blockage (occlusion)...
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travel through the circulation and lodge somewhere else as an embolism. This type of embolism is known as a thromboembolism. Complications can arise when...
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The embolism in Christian liturgy (from Greek ἐμβολισμός (embolismos) 'an interpolation') is a short prayer said or sung after the Lord's Prayer. It functions...
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stroke and embolism in people with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) prevention. DVTs may lead to pulmonary embolism (PE) in knee...
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and pulmonary embolism. The most common cause is a viral infection. Other causes include bacterial infection, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, autoimmune...
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prediction rule used to classify patients suspected of having pulmonary embolism (PE) into risk groups by quantifying the pre-test probability. It is different...
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creating blockages. When an embolus occludes a blood vessel, it is called an embolism or embolic event. There are a number of different types of emboli, including...
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Ischemic colitis (redirect from Abdominal embolism)
[citation needed] Mostly the result of a thromboembolism. Commonly the embolism is caused by atrial fibrillation, valvular disease, myocardial infarction...
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Decompression illness (section Arterial gas embolism)
or aviators flying in inadequately pressurised aircraft. Arterial gas embolism (AGE), which is perfusion blockage caused by gas bubbles in the arterial...
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blocked and part of the lung dies. It is most often caused by a pulmonary embolism. Because of the dual blood supply to the lungs from both the bronchial...
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when there is a suspicion of deep venous thrombosis (DVTl), pulmonary embolism (PE) or disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). For DVT and PE, there...
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a high chance that the person has a pulmonary embolism, but when the sign is absent a pulmonary embolism is not ruled out. Hampton AO, Castleman B (1940)...
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Shortness of breath (section Pulmonary embolism)
such as laryngeal edema, bronchospasm, myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, or pneumothorax. Patients with COPD and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis...
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resulting from constriction (such as vasoconstriction, thrombosis, or embolism). Ischemia causes not only insufficiency of oxygen, but also reduced availability...
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Theodore Roosevelt (category Deaths from pulmonary embolism)
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or T. R., was an American politician, soldier, conservationist...
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lung cancer, or lung abscess; bronchiectasis; lung infarction; pulmonary embolism. Red, jelly-like sputum - an indicator of possible pneumonia caused by...
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Physics (1992–2016). BeatKing, 39, American rapper ("Then Leave"), pulmonary embolism. Jaime Botín, 88, Spanish banker, art collector, and convicted smuggler...
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intracranial berry aneurysm. While recuperating, he suffered a pulmonary embolism, a serious complication. After a second aneurysm was surgically repaired...
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Obstructive shock (section Pulmonary embolism)
level of the great vessels or the heart itself. Causes include pulmonary embolism, cardiac tamponade, and tension pneumothorax. These are all life-threatening...
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