Embolism
... gas embolism), amniotic fluid (amniotic fluid embolism), or foreign material. An embolism can cause partial or total blockage ... An embolism in which the embolus is a piece of thrombus is called a thromboembolism. An embolism is usually a pathological ... However, pulmonary embolism is generally classified as a form of venous embolism, because the embolus forms in veins, e.g. deep ... Embolism can be classified based on where it enters the circulation, either in arteries or in veins. Arterial embolism are ...
Cholesterol embolism
Embolism to the legs causes a mottled appearance and purple discoloration of the toes, small infarcts and areas of gangrene due ... Cholesterol embolism is treated by removing the cause and giving supportive therapy; statin drugs have been found to improve ... Cholesterol embolism occurs when cholesterol is released, usually from an atherosclerotic plaque, and travels as an embolus in ... Patient.info - Cholesterol Embolism Summary MedlinePlus - atheroembolic renal disease (CS1 German-language sources (de), ...
Arterial embolism
Fat embolism - embolism of bone fracture or fat droplets. Air embolism (also known as a gas embolism) - embolism of air bubbles ... Septic embolism - embolism of pus containing bacteria. Cancer embolism In contrast, amniotic fluid embolism almost exclusively ... embolism of thrombus or blood clot. Cholesterol embolism - embolism of cholesterol, often from atherosclerotic plaque inside a ... pulmonary embolism is generally classified as a form of venous embolism, because the embolus forms in veins. Arterial embolism ...
Air embolism
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 ... Gas embolism in a systemic artery, termed arterial gas embolism (AGE), is a more serious matter than in a vein, because a gas ... with the intention of killing Peeta Mellark quickly via air embolism. Air embolisms generally occur in the xylem of vascular ... and percutaneous intervention to the lungs also increases the risk of air embolism. Gas embolism is a diving disorder ...
Embolism (liturgy)
... it is common practice for the embolism to be said by the entire congregation instead.[citation needed] The embolism is not used ... An embolism similar in form to the Tridentine can be found in some Anglo-Catholic liturgies of the Scottish Episcopal Church: ... The embolism in Christian liturgy (from Greek ἐμβολισμός, an interpolation) is a short prayer said or sung after the Lord's ... In the Roman Rite of Mass, the embolism is followed by the doxology or, in the Tridentine Mass (which does not have that ...
Paradoxical embolism
An embolism can cause ischemia-damage to an organ from lack of oxygen. A paradoxical embolism is a specific type of embolism in ... Although there are many routes an embolism may take to enter the arterial circulation, the term paradoxical embolism most ... An embolism may be made from any one of numerous materials that may find itself in a blood vessel, including a piece of a ... There are many routes in which an embolism can traverse from the right (venous) side of the heart to the left (arterial) side ...
Septic embolism
A septic embolism is a type of embolism that is infected with bacteria, resulting in the formation of pus. These may become ... Like other emboli, a septic embolism may be fatal. One of the common microbes that can lead to widespread dissemination of ... However, septic emboli usually lodge in the heart valves, where there are no lymph nodes.[citation needed] Arterial embolism ... A septic embolism can be difficult to identify, as it is often attributed to other disorders or infections of the body. As a ...
Embolism (disambiguation)
Embolism may refer to: Embolism, when an object (the embolus) migrates from one part of the body (through circulation) and ... Embolism in calendars: Intercalation (timekeeping) Embolism (liturgy), a liturgical prayer This disambiguation page lists ... articles associated with the title Embolism. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point ...
Pulmonary embolism
Wells criteria for pulmonary embolism Media related to Pulmonary embolism at Wikimedia Commons "Pulmonary Embolism". ... The pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria (PERC) helps assess people in whom pulmonary embolism is suspected, but unlikely. ... Pulmonary embolism at Curlie Wells criteria for pulmonary embolism online calculator Archived 2016-11-21 at the Wayback Machine ... There are roughly 10 million cases of pulmonary embolisms per year. In the United States, pulmonary embolisms are the primary ...
Fat embolism syndrome
Fat embolism is presence of fat particles in the micro-circulation of the body. Meanwhile, fat embolism syndrome is the ... Fat embolism syndrome occurs when fat enters the blood stream (fat embolism) and results in symptoms. Symptoms generally begin ... The rates of fat embolism in long bone fractures vary from 1% to 30%. The mortality rate of fat-embolism syndrome is ... Symptoms of fat embolism syndrome (FES) can start from 12 hours to 3 days after diagnosis of the underlying clinical disease. ...
Amniotic fluid embolism
... is very uncommon and the rate at which it occurs is 1 instance per 20,000 births. Though rare, it ... An amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a very uncommon childbirth (obstetric) emergency in which amniotic fluid enters the blood ... Amniotic fluid embolism is suspected when a woman giving birth experiences very sudden insufficient oxygen to body tissues, low ... "Amniotic Fluid Embolism". Vinay Kumar; Abul K. Abbas; Nelson Fausto; Jon C. Aster (2014-08-27). Robbins and Cotran Pathologic ...
Wells score (pulmonary embolism)
The Wells score is a clinical prediction rule used to classify patients suspected of having pulmonary embolism (PE) into risk ... "Excluding Pulmonary Embolism at the Bedside without Diagnostic Imaging: Management of Patients with Suspected Pulmonary ... "Use of a Clinical Model for Safe Management of Patients with Suspected Pulmonary Embolism". Annals of Internal Medicine. 129 ( ... "Derivation of a simple clinical model to categorize patients probability of pulmonary embolism: increasing the models utility ...
Sputum
Clear - pulmonary embolism (clear to frothy); COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (clear to gray); viral respiratory ... Rust colored - usually caused by pneumococcal bacteria (in pneumonia), pulmonary embolism, lung cancer or pulmonary ... pulmonary embolism. Red, jelly-like sputum - an indicator of possible pneumonia caused by Klebsiella. Green or greenish colored ...
Antral lavage
Air embolism. If the returning fluid is purulent, one repeats the puncture after a week. If more than three successive puncture ... Thomson, K.F.M (29 June 2007). "Air embolism following antral lavage". The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 69 (12): 829-832. ...
Ventilation-perfusion coupling
Pulmonary embolism is blood clots occurring in the lungs. Restricted blood flow in the pulmonary circulation results in alveoli ... "Pulmonary Embolism". www.hopkinsmedicine.org. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 2022-04-19. Petersson, Johan; Glenny, Robb W. (2014-10- ...
Venous thrombosis
An embolism that lodges in the lungs is a pulmonary embolism (PE). A pulmonary embolism is a very serious condition that can be ... In pulmonary embolism, this applies in situations where heart function is compromised due to lack of blood flow through the ... If a thrombus breaks off (embolizes) and flows to the lungs to lodge there, it becomes a pulmonary embolism (PE), a blood clot ... The abbreviation DVT/PE refers to a VTE where a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) has moved to the lungs (PE or pulmonary embolism). ...
Hypoxemia
Fat embolism syndrome, in which fat droplets are deposited in the pulmonary capillary bed. Shunting refers to blood that ... Adeyinka A, Pierre L (September 2022). "Fat Embolism". StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing. ...
Obstetric labor complication
An amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare childbirth (obstetric) emergency in which amniotic fluid, enters the blood stream of ... Stafford, Irene; Sheffield, Jeanne (2007). "Amniotic Fluid Embolism". Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America. 34 (3 ... PMID 17921014.[subscription required] Stein, Paul (2016). Pulmonary embolism. Chichester, West Sussex, UK Hoboken, NJ: John ...
Combined oral contraceptive pill
The first published case report of a blood clot and pulmonary embolism in a woman using Enavid (Enovid 10 mg in the U.S.) at a ... Jordan WM, Anand JK (November 18, 1961). "Pulmonary embolism". Lancet. 278 (7212): 1146-1147. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(61)91061-3 ... and pulmonary embolism (PE)). While lower doses of estrogen in COC pills may have a lower risk of stroke and myocardial ... history of thromboembolism or pulmonary embolism, cerebrovascular accident, and a familial tendency to form blood clots (such ...
Ethinylestradiol
ISBN 978-0-08-092150-1. Stein PD (5 April 2016). Pulmonary Embolism. Wiley. pp. 187-. ISBN 978-1-119-03909-9. Pfeifer S, Butts ... This includes women with: History of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE) not receiving anticoagulants Acute ... and pulmonary embolism (PE). Estrogens are known to increase the risk of VTE due to their effects on liver synthesis of ...
Respiratory disease
... fat embolism (particularly after bony injury), amniotic fluid embolism (with complications of labour and delivery), air ... "Pulmonary Embolism". medlineplus.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-22. Fanaroff, Avroy A.; Stoll, Barbara J.; Wright, Linda L.; Carlo, ... Examples are:[citation needed] Pulmonary embolism, a blood clot that forms in a vein, breaks free, travels through the heart ... pulmonary embolism, tuberculosis, acute asthma, lung cancer, and severe acute respiratory syndromes, such as COVID-19. ...
Feline arterial thromboembolism
Hogan, Daniel F.; Brainard, Benjamin M. (2015). "Cardiogenic embolism in the cat". Journal of Veterinary Cardiology. 17: S202- ... Lyaker, M. R. (January 2013). "Arterial embolism". International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science. 3 (1): 77-87. ... AtkinsIn, Clarke (2007). "Systemic Arterial Embolism in Cats". World Small Animal Veterinary Association World Congress ...
Ospemifene
... pulmonary embolism; arterial thromboembolic disease; and are or may become pregnant" or "with known or suspected breast cancer ...
Decompression sickness
DCS and arterial gas embolism are treated very similarly because they are both the result of gas bubbles in the body. The U.S. ... DCS and arterial gas embolism are collectively referred to as decompression illness. Since bubbles can form in or migrate to ... Symptoms of DCS and arterial gas embolism can be virtually indistinguishable. The most reliable way to tell the difference is ... 1930s: Albert R Behnke separated the symptoms of Arterial Gas Embolism (AGE) from those of DCS. 1935: Behnke et al. ...
Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty
... pulmonary embolism (0.06%); perforation (0.06%). Similar rates of serious adverse events were reported in the multicenter, ...
Pulmonary artery
Pulmonary embolism refers to an embolus that lodges in the pulmonary circulation. This may arise from a deep venous thrombosis ... "Saddle pulmonary embolism". Radiopaedia. Retrieved 2017-10-08. Pillalamarri NR, Patnaik SS, Piskin S, Gueldner P, Finol EA ( ... or thromboembolic disease such as pulmonary embolism or emboli seen in sickle cell anaemia.: 720-721 Most recently, ...
Barotrauma
ISBN 978-0-387-98842-9. Walker, J. R. III; Murphy-Lavoie, Heather M. (20 December 2019). "Diving Gas Embolism". www.ncbi.nlm. ... Lungs: There is a risk of pneumothorax, arterial gas embolism, and mediastinal and subcutaneous emphysema during ascent, which ... Neuman TS (2003). "Arterial gas embolism and pulmonary barotrauma". In Brubakk AO, Neuman TS (eds.). Bennett and Elliott's ... Decompression illness is a term that includes decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism caused by lung overexpansion ...
Radiation exposure
Howard, Luke (May 2019). "Acute pulmonary embolism". Clinical Medicine. 19 (3): 243-247. doi:10.7861/clinmedicine.19-3-247. ... pulmonary embolism, and pneumonia. The gamma ray field can be characterized by the exposure rate (in units of, for instance, ...
Thrombophilia
The most common conditions associated with thrombophilia are deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), which are ... Bourjeily G, Paidas M, Khalil H, Rosene-Montella K, Rodger M (February 2010). "Pulmonary embolism in pregnancy". Lancet. 375 ( ... Agnelli G, Becattini C (July 2010). "Acute pulmonary embolism". N. Engl. J. Med. 363 (3): 266-74. doi:10.1056/NEJMra0907731. ...
Amniocentesis
Amniotic fluid embolism, a condition in which amniotic fluid or other fetal debris enters the maternal circulation, is an ... Amniotic fluid embolism can result in cardiovascular collapse and has a poor maternal prognosis. However, amniotic fluid ... Kaur K, Bhardwaj M, Kumar P, Singhal S, Singh T, Hooda S (April 2016). "Amniotic fluid embolism". Journal of Anaesthesiology ... Drukker L, Sela HY, Ioscovich A, Samueloff A, Grisaru-Granovsky S (2017). "Amniotic Fluid Embolism: A Rare Complication of ...