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| Pulmonary embolism is an obstruction of a blood vessel in the lungs, usually due to a blood clot, which blocks a coronary artery. |
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Clinical manifestations of PE |
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dyspnea substernal chest pain hemoptysis chest palpitations pleuritic chest pain cough apprehension diaphoresis |
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| Most accurate test for PE |
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Bolus 80 units/kg then gtts at 18u/kg/hr |
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| once daily, sub-q, in abd |
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What lab do you monitor while on lovenox? |
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Who do you NOT give lovenox to? Why? |
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Renal pts. Lovenox is metabolized in the liver and excreted in the kidneys |
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Acute PE gas exchange clinical manifestations |
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hypoxemia increase in arterial o2 tension gradient increase in total dead space V/Q mismatch shunting |
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