Question

A 47-year-old woman has pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea. Wells score is 6 (PE likely). What is the recommended immediate diagnostic step?

Accepted Answer

CT pulmonary angiography without delay

Answer

D-dimer test and await result

Answer

Start LMWH and arrange outpatient ultrasound leg veins only

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V/Q scan regardless of CXR

Answer

No imaging if saturations normal

Practice question

A 47-year-old woman has pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea. Wells score is 6 (PE likely). What is the recommended immediate diagnostic step?