Background: Physical and occupational therapy (PT/OT) services are a limited resource in the inpatient setting. PT/OT consults ordered by resident physicians on patients who do not need them take time and resources away from patients more deserving of skilled rehab services. Purpose: Our objective was to understand utilization of PT/OT services on our medical floors, […]

Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE), refers to obstruction of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches by material (thrombus, tumor, air or fat) that originated elsewhere in the body.Wells criteria must be part of the clinical assessment for PE. With these criteria, we can classify patients as high probability (>6 pts), moderate (2 to 6 […]