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Results 1 - 1 of 1 for Pulmonary embolism
  1. ... cardiac arrest and sometimes death. This is called pulmonary embolism. ... Post-operative patients are at risk for pulmonary embolism because of the time spent in bed after surgery. One method for reducing the risk of venous thrombosis is the use of sequential ...