pulmonary embolism

July 5, 2016July 5, 2016

‘Hospital at Home’ Is Effective Alternative for Elderly Lung Disease Patients in UK, Research Indicates

COPD, News, Pneumonia

The rate of admissions in elderly patients to acute hospital care in the United Kingdom has increased by 65 percent in the last decade, placing increased labor and cost demands on hospital ... Read more

April 14, 2016April 19, 2016

Study Reports Unrecognized Pulmonary Hypertension in Pulmonary Embolism Patients

News, Pulmonary embolism, Pulmonary Hypertension

A retrospective study sponsored by Bayer suggested that many patients who suffered from pulmonary embolism have a higher risk of developing chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), a life-threatening form of pulmonary ... Read more

November 25, 2015May 12, 2016

Bayer Survey Finds Doctors Ill-informed of a Chronic Lung Disease

News, Pulmonary Hypertension

A recent survey found that many primary care physicians are unfamiliar with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) and slow to refer CTEPH patients to specialists, although the disease is treatable and potentially curable. The ... Read more

August 28, 2015November 5, 2015

Catheter-Directed, Low-Dose Fibrinolysis Safe, Effective for PE

News, Pulmonary Hypertension

In a recent study entitled “A prospective, Single-Arm, Multicenter Trial of Ultrasound-Facilitated, Catheter-Directed, low Dose Fibrinolysis for Acute Massive and Submassive Pulmonary Embolism,” published in JACC Cardiovascular Intervention, researchers reported ... Read more

August 25, 2015November 5, 2015

Daiichi Sankyo Launches Worldwide Studies To Gauge Use of LIXIANA For Treating Pulmonary Embolism, Other Diseases

News, Pulmonary Hypertension

Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH announced enrollment of the first patient in the ETNA-AF-Europe (Edoxaban Treatment in routine clinical prActice – Atrial Fibrillation – Europe) registry, and the official launch of the ETNA-VTE-Europe (Edoxaban Treatment in routine clinical prActice – Venous ThromboEmbolism – Europe) ... Read more

July 14, 2015July 14, 2015

Fatal Pulmonary Embolism Case Report Highlights Need For More Attention To Factitious Fever Risks

News, Pneumonia

In a recent study entitled “Fatal non-thrombotic pulmonary embolization in a patient with undiagnosed factitious disorder,” the authors present a case study of a patient with undiagnosed factitious fever that ... Read more

May 21, 2015November 5, 2015

Need For Improved Monitoring of Pulmonary Hypertension After Pulmonary Embolism Highlighted At 2015 ATS Conference

News, Pulmonary Hypertension

In a study recently presented during the 2015 Annual International Conference of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), researchers found that the incidence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) among patients who experienced pulmonary ... Read more

April 30, 2015April 30, 2015

Post-Surgical Lung Cancer Patients Reported to Have an Increased Risk for Thromboembolism

Lung Cancer, News

Three studies were recently presented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery addressing the issue of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after lung cancer surgery. VTE refers to ... Read more

January 6, 2015November 5, 2015

Suspected Pulmonary Embolism Put Into Better Focus Thanks to New Study

News, Pulmonary Hypertension

A recent study entitled “Prognosis of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism in Buenos Aires: a prospective cohort study” reports a similar mortality rate in patients with suspected Pulmonary Embolism, in ... Read more

December 18, 2014November 5, 2015

Researchers Develop New Diagnostic Tool To Detect Pulmonary Embolisms in Patients Over 50

News, Pulmonary Hypertension

A recent study entitled “Assessment of the Safety and Efficiency of Using an Age-Adjusted D-dimer Threshold to Exclude Suspected Pulmonary Embolism” suggests that adjusting the value of d-dimer test according ... Read more