A 36-year-old woman with pleuritic chest pain, dyspnoea, and unilateral leg swelling has a high Wells score for PE. What is the immediate management?...

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A 36-year-old woman with pleuritic chest pain, dyspnoea, and unilateral leg swelling has a high Wells score for PE. What is the immediate management?

Accepted Answer

Start therapeutic LMWH while arranging imaging

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Await CTPA before treatment

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Start prophylactic LMWH only

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Give aspirin and observe

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Order D-dimer and wait

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