Question

A 62-year-old woman presents with sudden onset pleuritic chest pain and shortness of breath. She is tachycardic and mildly hypoxic but haemodynamically stable. Her Wells score for pulmonary embolism is high (PE likely). What is the most appropriate initial diagnostic investigation?

Accepted Answer

CT pulmonary angiography

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D-dimer test

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ECG

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Ventilation–perfusion (V/Q) scan

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Chest X-ray

Practice question

A 62-year-old woman presents with sudden onset pleuritic chest pain and shortness of breath. She is tachycardic and mildly hypoxic but haemodynamically stable. Her Wells score for pulmonary embolism is high (PE likely). What is the most appropriate initial diagnostic investigation?