26th July 2024

A 35-year-old woman has presented with frank haemoptysis, tachycardia and haemoptysis

A 35-year-old woman has presented with frank haemoptysis, tachycardia and haemoptysis. She has recently been on a long haul flight and takes the combined oral contraceptive pill. She is requiring 8 L of oxygen, heart rate is 160 beats per minute and her blood pressure is 74/52 mmHg. Her blood test results come back as troponin 2,000 (<20) and D-dimer 10,000 (<250).

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