TABLE 2.
Subject | Other Diagnoses and/or Recent Procedures Noted | Medications Administered | ESR Level,a mm/h | CRP Level,b mg/dL | D-Dimer Level,c ng/mL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Other venous embolism and thrombosis | Heparin | — | — | — |
2 | Overweight and obesity (BMI >40); asthma | Enoxaparin | 61 | 2.7 | 1.3 |
3 | None noted | Apixaban | — | — | 0.94 |
4 | Adverse effect of other estrogens and progestogens, initial encounter | Heparin and enoxaparin | — | — | — |
5 | Type 2 diabetes mellitus; overweight and obesity (BMI >40); and obstructive sleep apnea | Enoxaparin and hydrocortisone | — | — | — |
6 | Essential hypertension; other venous embolism and thrombosis; Wegener’s granulomatosis with renal involvement; and acute kidney failure; renal biopsy | Heparin | — | — | — |
7 | Elevated ESR; severe sepsis with shock; and encephalopathy, unspecified | Immunoglobulin G, methylprednisolone, and enoxaparin | 37 | 281 | — |
8 | Malignant neoplasm of long bones of left lower limb; acute myocardial infarction; cardiomyopathy; heart failure; intracardiac thrombosis, not elsewhere classified; acquired absence of left leg below knee; acute kidney failure; ascites; solitary pulmonary nodule; and laparoscopy | Enoxaparin and aspirind | — | — | — |
CRP, C-reactive protein; —, not applicable.
ESR reference range, 0 to 15 mm/h.
C-reactive protein reference range, <1 mg/dL.
D-dimer reference range, ≤0.54 ng/mL.
These medications were reported to be administered 14 d after a pulmonary embolism diagnosis was reported.