D-Dimer focused testing for PE
D-Dimer focused testing for PE Here is a common scenario: The resident presents a case…
Dr Peter Kas09/03/2026
New AHA PE Guidelines 2026
The new Clinical Practice Guidelines by the AHA on the Evaluation and Management of Acute…
Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolism
How do you manage the patient with subsegmental pulmonary embolism(SSPE) or the incidental finding of…
Dr Peter Kas15/08/2025
Pulmonary Embolism
CASE A 64 yo patient is referred to the emergency department(ED) with a persistent tachycardia.…
Dr Peter Kas27/10/2023
Can the ECG help us differentiate PE from ACS?
Pulmonary embolism(PE) and Acute Coronary Syndrome(ACS) causing ischaemia can sometimes be difficult to clinically differentiate.…
Dr Peter Kas13/03/2025
Capnography to guide ventilation in cardiac arrest
The End tidal CO2 (ETCO2), is measured at the end of expiration and used to…
Dr Peter Kas20/11/2023
The Right Ventricular Spiral of Death
The right ventricular spiral of death in PE is very real and very scary. We…
Dr Peter Kas08/11/2024
Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of DVT and PE
This is a review of the updated guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of DVT and…
Dr Peter Kas08/11/2024
How to Read the CTPA
CTPA's are sometimes quite confusing to read. A simple approach, based on differentiating the anatomy…
Dr Peter Kas27/08/2023
Pulseless Electrical Activity
Pulseless Electrical Activity(PEA) occurs in about 30% of cardiac arrest cases. Given that it's not…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Age-Adjusted D-dimer for ruling out pulmonary embolism
We use D-dimer in patients with a low probability of a pulmonary embolism, to rule…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Which Patients with Pulmonary Embolism should get Thrombolysis?
The diagnosis of pulmonary embolism(PE) is an almost common occurrence in the emergency department. The…
Dr Peter Kas08/08/2023
The ECG’s of Pulmonary Embolism
Let me start by saying that some pulmonary embolisms(PE)’s are obvious. In those, you don’t…
Dr Peter Kas27/08/2023
How Dangerous is Pulmonary Embolism?
How Dangerous is Pulmonary Embolism? The diagnosis and management of pulmonary embolism(PE), like most things…
Dr Peter Kas19/01/2023
The ECG of Pulmonary Embolism
There are several distinct ECG patterns in pulmonary embolism A CASE A 36 yo male presents…
Dr Peter Kas09/12/2019
Thromboembolism in the Post-Partum Period
Patients presenting to the Emergency Department with signs or symptoms which might be indicative of…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
