Right Ventricular-Protective Strategies in Pulmonary Embolism With Cardiopulmonary Failure: Prone Positioning and Mechanical Ventilation.
OBJECTIVE We describe a reproducible bedside strategy to unload the right ventricle (RV) and improve oxygenation after systemic thrombolysis in intubated patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) and cardiopulmonary failure (category E1+R) in centers without extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. KEY STEPS Confirm category...