Immediate pulmonary embolism or pulmonary artery thrombosis following blunt chest injury?
Pulmonary thrombosis may develop within hours of injury - even mild trauma and may occur <i>de novo</i>.Absence of risk factors (medical or traumatic) does not exclude pulmonary embolism or thrombosis.Despite major pulmonary vessel thrombosis, low molecular weight heparin can be used successfully.
Authors
- Sajid Atique
- Tariq Siddiqui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2440-163X)
- Khalid Mohamed Ahmed
- Hassan Al-Thani
- Sandro Rizoli
- Ayman El-Menyar
- Khair Muhammad
Institutions
- Hamad General Hospital (QA)
- Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (QA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12890/2026_006150
- Primary Topic
- Trauma Management and Diagnosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Hamad Medical Corporation
- Medical Research Council