A 29-year-old female runner presents with pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea. She is low risk by Wells and meets all 8 PERC criteria. What is the next ...

Question

A 29-year-old female runner presents with pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea. She is low risk by Wells and meets all 8 PERC criteria. What is the next step?

Accepted Answer

No further testing; PE ruled out by PERC

Answer

Order D-dimer test

Answer

CT pulmonary angiography

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Start empiric anticoagulation

Answer

Lower-extremity ultrasound

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A 29-year-old female runner presents with pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea. She is low risk by Wells and meets all 8 PERC criteria. What is the next step?