TY  - JOUR
TI  - Comparison of Auxiliary Diagnostic Methods in Pulmonary Embolism
AB  - 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.
AU  - Ekmekyapar, Muhammed
AU  - Şahin, Levent
AU  - GÜRBÜZ, SÜKRÜ
DO  - 10.37990/medr.938788
PY  - 2021
JO  - Medical records-international medical journal (Online)
VL  - 3
IS  - 3
SN  - 2687-4555
SP  - 204
EP  - 209
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1125104
ER  -