Hello everyone. My name is Mike Estefan, and I thank you for joining me on this month's

deep dive episode of the EM Clerkship podcast. This month's episode will be focused on pulmonary

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Let's deep dive into pulmonary embolism or PE for short. And I will warn all of you.

This deep dive is slightly longer than usual, but I think it's good. First, we'll talk about the clinical presentation,

followed by the workup for pulmonary embolism, followed by diagnostics and treatment.

PE is one of the great imitators. You've really got to consciously consider PE in order

to catch this diagnosis a lot of the time. Classically, you will see patients present

with symptoms such as hemoptosis, pleuritic chest pain, shortness of breath, especially

following a recent surgery, recent immobilization, or in the setting of malignancy.

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