A 60-year-old man with long-haul flight immobility presents with pleuritic chest pain and hemoptysis. Wells score is 5.5 (moderate). Which next step i...

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A 60-year-old man with long-haul flight immobility presents with pleuritic chest pain and hemoptysis. Wells score is 5.5 (moderate). Which next step is appropriate?

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Obtain CT pulmonary angiography (or V/Q if contraindicated)

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Apply PERC to avoid imaging

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Send age‑adjusted D‑dimer only

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Start thrombolysis immediately

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Outpatient observation without imaging

pulmonary embolism – diagnostic strategy MCQ (SBA): Pulmonary Embolism

A 60-year-old man with long-haul flight immobility presents with pleuritic chest pain and hemoptysis. Wells score is 5.5 (moderate). Which next step is appropriate?