Question

A 40-year-old woman with suspected PE (Wells likely) and no haemodynamic instability presents to ambulatory care. Next best step?

Accepted Answer

Start DOAC empirically and arrange imaging within 24 h

Answer

Immediate CT pulmonary angiography without D-dimer

Answer

D-dimer first

Answer

Start warfarin and defer imaging

Answer

V/Q scan without considering pregnancy status or CXR

Practice question

A 40-year-old woman with suspected PE (Wells likely) and no haemodynamic instability presents to ambulatory care. Next best step?