The Medical Protection Society says lessons can be learned from the case of a patient given an incorrect risk score for ...

Blood clot complications can be deadly, but they're "totally preventable" if caught early enough, according to a doctor with ...

Pulmonary embolism is a common cause of cardiovascular-associated morbidity and mortality. Although pulmonary embolism ...

A 33-year-old “perfectly healthy” woman is issuing a warning to travelers after she nearly died from a massive blood clot in ...

Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, occurs when a blood clot forms in veins deep within the body, usually in the legs. If left ...

Once Jansson was transferred to Dubai’s Rashid Hospital, a wave of tests began. Finally came the diagnosis: she had suffered from a massive bilateral saddle pulmonary embolism—in other words, an ...

Pulmonary embolism is more common in older adults, but it can sometimes affect younger people. Usually, it results from an underlying health issue. It’s important to receive a diagnosis early so ...

Dr. Shoo Lee’s research was used to help convict a British nurse of murdering babies, but he says it should never have been ...

- We concluded that it is uncertain if sex (whether a patient is male or female) is an independent predictor of the risk of death in people with pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in the lungs), as our ...

A pulmonary embolism is not necessarily a common condition during pregnancy, but pregnant people are 10 times more likely to develop it than the larger population. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT ...