Pulmonary Embolism

A pulmonary embolism occurs when a blood clot, generally a venous thrombus, becomes dislodged from its site of formation and embolizes to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs, causing vascular obstruction, impaired gas exchange, shortness of breath (dyspnea), rapid breathing rate (tachypnea), pleuritic chest pain, cough, hemoptysis, and in severe cases, hypotension, loss of consciousness, and death.

Many patients who have a pulmonary embolism have an underlying inherited predisposition that remains clinically silent until a stressor such as surgery, trauma, obesity, use of birth control pills, pregnancy, cancer, or immobilization occurs. The most frequent of these predispositions is a variant coagulation factor (Factor V Leiden) which occurs in about 3% of the population. Other hypercoagulable states are seen in protein C deficiency, protein S deficiency, antithrombin III deficiency, and various plasminogen disorders.

The most common sources of embolism are pelvic vein thromboses or proximal leg deep venous thromboses (DVTs).

The diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE), suspected on the basis of shortness of breath and chest pain, with or without an abnormal x-ray, can be confirmed by a medical test called a "ventilation-perfusion scan" (or V/Q scan), which shows that some areas of the lung are being ventilated but not perfused.

Treatment is via infusion of thrombolytic drugs and anticoagulation. Prognosis depends on the amount of lung that is affected and on the co-existence of other debilitating conditions.

Commercial Usage: Pulmonary Embolism

Domain	Title
Books	Pulmonary Embolism (reference) Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Venous Thrombosis (reference) Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism (reference) The Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism (Proceedings of a Symposium, Mexico City, April 1994) (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Pulmonary Embolism

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Death is generally caused by pneumonia or other complications of severe debility, such as sepsis or pulmonary embolism. (references)
		Oxygen toxicity, pulmonary embolism (closure of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches by a blood clot or a fat globule), cardiovascular problems, barotrauma (injury to the lung tissue from excessive ventilatory pressure), pneumothorax (air in the pleural space), and gastrointestinal bleeding are some of the complications of treatment. (references)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pulmonary Embolism

Modern Translation: Pulmonary Embolism

Language		Translations for "pulmonary embolism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		lungeemboli, lumbeemboli. (various references)

Dutch		embolie in long. (various references)

Finnish		keuhkoembolia. (various references)

French		embolie pulmonaire. (various references)

Greek		πνευμονική εμβολή. (various references)

Hungarian		tüdőembólia. (various references)

Italian		embolia polmonare. (various references)

Pig Latin		ulmonarypay embolismay

Spanish		embolismo pulmonar, embolia pulmonar. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Pulmonary Embolism

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-l-l-m-m-m-n-o-o-p-r-s-u-y"
	-5 letters: impersonally, membranously.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
pulmonary embolism	389
pulmonary embolism symptom	22
pulmonary embolism treatment	5
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Pulmonary Embolism

Definition: Pulmonary Embolism