All the content from the Blood & Clots series can be found here. CanMEDS Roles addressed: Medical expert, scholar Main Messages   Improved technology has led to an increase in the detection of subsegmental PE (SSPE)   An algorithmic approach can help identify patients who will benefit from anticoagulation: generally those with concomitant DVTs and patients with additional risk factors for progression  There is clinical equipoise regarding the decision to anticoagulate in this case, and …

All the content from the Blood & Clots series can be found here. CanMEDS Roles addressed: Expert, Leader Case Description You have just diagnosed a 55-year-old male with an acute proximal deep vein thrombosis in the emergency department. The event was unprovoked, and he has symptoms of leg swelling and pain. He is otherwise healthy and takes no regular medications. He has no symptoms suggestive of PE, and his blood pressure and oxygen …

All the content from the Blood & Clots series can be found here. CanMEDS Roles addressed: Medical Expert, Collaborator Case Description You’re an EM resident seconded off-service on your internal medicine rotation,  and it’s your night on call. The emergency physician asks you to see a pregnant patient with acute pulmonary embolism. Your patient is a 32 year old G3P2 female at 33 weeks gestational age. Her previous pregnancies were uneventful spontaneous vaginal …

All the content from the Blood & Clots series can be found here. CanMEDS Roles addressed: Expert, Leader Case Description An 83 year old female presents for follow-up after completing 3 months of oral anticoagulant therapy with Rivaroxaban for her unprovoked deep vein thrombosis. She did some research online and heard about a link between venous thrombosis and cancer, and asks why you are not getting a CT scan to rule out malignancy. …