Despite the difficulty in diagnosis and the detailed care necessary in both the acute and long-term management of the patient with pulmonary embolism, expertise in this area is requisite for the primary care physician who may expect to encounter this problem with moderate frequency among patients in his clinical practice.
尽管肺栓塞患者的诊断存在困难，且在急性和长期管理中都需要细致的护理，但对于可能预计在其临床实践中会以中等频率遇到此问题的初级保健医生而言，该领域的专业知识是必不可少的。
