A 47-year-old man with suspected PE is pregnant (surrogate carrying his embryo) - imaging decision irrelevant. In an actual pregnant patient with susp...

Question

A 47-year-old man with suspected PE is pregnant (surrogate carrying his embryo) - imaging decision irrelevant. In an actual pregnant patient with suspected PE and nondiagnostic CXR, preferred initial imaging?

Accepted Answer

V/Q scan

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CT pulmonary angiography

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Lower extremity Doppler only

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No imaging due to radiation

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MRI pulmonary angiography

us-abem MCQ (SBA): PE in Pregnancy Imaging

A 47-year-old man with suspected PE is pregnant (surrogate carrying his embryo) - imaging decision irrelevant. In an actual pregnant patient with suspected PE and nondiagnostic CXR, preferred initial imaging?