Pulmonary embolism differential diagnosis
|
Pulmonary Embolism Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Pulmonary Embolism Assessment of Probability of Subsequent VTE and Risk Scores |
|
Treatment |
|
Follow-Up |
|
Special Scenario |
|
Trials |
|
Case Studies |
|
Pulmonary embolism differential diagnosis On the Web |
|
Directions to Hospitals Treating Pulmonary embolism differential diagnosis |
|
Risk calculators and risk factors for Pulmonary embolism differential diagnosis |
Editor(s)-In-Chief:C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1], The APEX Trial Investigators; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Overview
Pulmonary embolism must be distinguished from other life-threatening causes of chest pain including acute myocardial infarction, aortic dissection, and pericardial tamponade, as well as a large list of non-life-threatening causes of chest discomfort and shortness of breath.
Differentiating Pulmonary Embolism from other Diseases
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Anemia
- Angina pectoris
- Anxiety disorders
- Aortic stenosis
- Arteriovenous Malformation
- Atrial fibrillation (diagnosis and management)
- Bacterial pneumonia
- Cardiogenic shock
- Cardiac Tamponade
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Edema
- Community acquired pneumonia
- Cor pulmonale
- Costochondritis
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Distributive shock
- Emphysema
- Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis
- Fat Embolism
- Hemorrhagic shock
- Herpes zoster
- Hyperventilation
- Mitral stenosis
- Musculoskeletal pain
- Myocardial infarction
- Myocardial ischemia
- Myocarditis
- Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema
- Pericarditis
- Pleuritis
- Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary Hypertension, Primary
- Pulmonary Hypertension, Secondary
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Rib fracture
- Salicylate intoxication
- Septic shock
- Sudden cardiac death
- Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
- Syncope
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Viral pneumonia