Evidence-based On-call

internal medicine

Pulmonary embolism

Prevalence
Clinical features
Differential Diagnosis
Investigations
Therapy
Prevention
Prognosis

Prevention

Surgery

See DVT chapter for more details

Trauma

Consider vena caval filters in trauma patients with multiple injuries ^c

Expiry date: July 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author	CM Ball
Reviewer	B Lee
CAT Writers	CM Ball, C Wotton, M Hayatli