Comparison of Auxiliary Diagnostic Methods in Pulmonary Embolism

Year 2021, Volume: 3 Issue: 3, 204 - 209, 01.09.2021

Muhammed Ekmekyapar , Levent Şahin , Şükrü Gürbüz

https://doi.org/10.37990/medr.938788

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Aim: We investigated the importance of auxiliary diagnostic methods in cases when computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) cannot be used in pulmonary embolism (PE) with a high mortality rate.
Materials and Methods: Patients were selected after the exclusion criteria were applied in a sample created from a single center. A total of 86 patients included in our study were examined in terms of clinical features, auxiliary diagnostic methods, anticoagulant use, and hospitalization and discharge status according to the massive or segmental involvement of PE in CTPA.
Results: The mean age of the patients was 52.29±14.14 years. According to the CTPA results, there were 46 (53.5%) patients with massive involvement and 40 (46.5%) patients with segmental involvement. While there were 38 (82.6%) patients with massive involvement whose right chambers of the heart were dilated in echocardiography (ECHO) results, there were 19 (47.5%) patients with segmental involvement. There was a statistical significance between the massive involvement of CTPA and ECHO result (p=0.001).
Conclusion: ECHO may be preferred as an auxiliary radiological method in the diagnosis of PE in emergency departments (ED), especially in massive embolisms.

Keywords

Pulmonary embolism, massive, segmental, echocardiography

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Thanks

Thank you to Ionu University, Department of Emergency Medicine.

Pulmoner Embolide Yardımcı Tanı Yöntemlerinin Karşılaştırılması

Abstract

Amaç: Mortalite oranı yüksek pulmoner embolide (PE) bilgisayarlı tomografi pulmoner anjiyografinin (BTPA) kullanılamadığı durumlarda yardımcı tanı yöntemlerinin önemini araştırdık.
Materyal Metod: Hastalar tek merkezden oluşturulan bir örneklemde dışlama kriterleri uygulandıktan sonra toplanmış oldu. Çalışmamıza dahil edilen toplam 86 hasta BTPA’da PE’nin masif ya da segmental tutulumuna göre klinik özellikleri, yardımcı tanı yöntemleri, antikoagülan kullanımı ve yatış taburculuk durumuna göre incelendi.
Bulgular: Hastaların yaş ortalaması 52.29±14.14 yıl idi. BTPA sonucuna göre masif tutulumu olan 46 (%53.5) ve segmental tutulumu olan toplam 40 (%46.5) hasta vardı. Masif tutulumlarda ekokardiyografi (EKO) sonucunda sağ kalp boşlukları dilate olan 38 (%82.6) hasta varken; segmental tutulumlarda ise 19 (%47.5) hasta vardı. BTPA’nin masif tutulumu ile EKO sonucu arasında istatistiksel bir anlamlılık vardı (p=0,001).
Sonuç: Acil servislerde PE tanısında özelikle de masif embolilerde yardımcı radyolojik yöntem olarak EKO tercih edilebilir. 

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