Abstract:
Study/Objective: To report on the first successful management
of a patient with acute massive bilateral Pulmonary
Embolism, at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Emergency
Department (KATH ED), Kumasi, Ghana.
Background: Pulmonary Embolism (PE) is an acute silent
killer in developing countries, and is primarily a diagnosis of
clinical suspicion. There are limitations in its diagnosis and
interventions, increasing the mortality tendencies. Acute massive
bilateral PE carries an exceptionally high mortality rate
even with interventions.
Methods: We sought to describe the management of the first
successful thrombolysis of a patient with acute massive bilateral
PE who presented to our ED at KATH, because there is paucity
of literature on successful ED management of such cases
in Ghana.
