Pulmonary Embolism in Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Sykehuset Innlandet HF

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pulmonary Embolism; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01318174

LE-KE

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of pulmonary embolism in our population of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients admitted to hospital with dyspnea. The patients will undergo investigation for pulmonary embolism, according to current guidelines.

Enrollment: 38 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• known or suspected COPD
• COPD-exacerbation

Exclusion criteria

• other causes of dyspnea
• unable to perform CT pulmonary angio (contrast allergy, pregnancy)
• already included in the study (each patient included only once)
• use of anticoagulants