Christopher Kabrhel, M.D.
Dr. Kabrhel is Instructor of Surgery, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Within the past 12 months, Dr. Kabrhel reports no commercial conflicts of interest.
Release Date: 12/12/2006
Termination Date: 12/12/2009
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).
Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of
1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education to provide continuing medical
education for physicians.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this Cyberounds
®, you should be able to:
- Describe how risk factors, signs and symptoms can be used to determine the pretest probability of pulmonary embolism
- Discuss the characteristics of the most commonly used tests for pulmonary embolism
- Discuss the indications for low-molecular weight-heparin therapy and thrombolysis.
