FROM JAMA NETWORK OPEN
SOURCE: Yende S et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Aug 7. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.8686.
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Data from a large review support use of D-dimer levels to diagnose PE without imaging.
New data suggest centers with a shock team had higher survival and lower resource use in the cardiac ICU.
Most attention has focused on the sickest patients, leaving less severe cases to fall through the cracks.
The age group most at risk of severe complications may not have fever, insistent cough, or shortness of breath.