Moderator EMEDPA Posted July 29, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 29, 2013 I get an em question of the day to my email. this is today's: The main value of chest X-ray in the assessment of patients with symptoms suggestive of a pulmonary embolism is to help exclude other causes of the presentation. However, there are a few signs seen that are suggestive of PE. Name them (3). Scroll Down for the Answer The Answer is: Fleischner� sign - a prominent central pulmonary artery due to its distension by a large embolism; Westermark sign - area of oligemia distal to the embolism; Hampton� hump - a pleural-based wedge-shaped consolidation (JEM, Vol. 42, pg. 698). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM2PA Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Where can I sign up for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted July 30, 2013 Administrator Share Posted July 30, 2013 Yeah, me too... PM us if you don't want to post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbrsmurf Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 aaaaaaand I didn't know any of those answers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted July 30, 2013 Author Moderator Share Posted July 30, 2013 http://www.emedhome.com/account_login.cfm?AccessDenied=%2Ffeatures%5Fquestion%2Ecfm 99 dollars/yr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightbearer06 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Two out of three. I think I would miss the first two but I could probably get Hampton's Hump. Never seen any of them though. Sensitivity is quite low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsfelder0417 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Whew, I got two of three, but couldn't name the sign, only what is present on imaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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