Lessons from a misdiagnosed maternal pulmonary embolism: A case report and literature review
The process of misdiagnosis in this case was complicated and worthy of further investigation. These findings suggest that antibiotics combined with methylprednisolone can alleviate the symptoms of early pregnancy PE, but it should not be used as the main treatment method.
Authors
- Pei Chi
- Ruixia Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0637-195X)
- Hanlong Guo
- Qing Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3142-4490)
- Meng-Jie Li
- Ting Wu
- Wen-Juan Liao
Institutions
- Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital (CN)
- Gannan Medical University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University (CN)
- Central Hospital of Wuhan (CN)
- Nanjing Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000046918
- Primary Topic
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00