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230. PE & Pregnancy

Emergency Medicine Board Bombs

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Navigating the Challenges of Diagnosing PE in Pregnancy

This chapter explores the unique challenges of diagnosing pulmonary embolism in pregnant patients, a condition that occurs in less than 0.5% of pregnancies. It highlights clinician hesitance to utilize standard diagnostic tools and the difficulties posed by symptom overlap with typical signs of pregnancy.

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