RT Book, Section A1 Cunningham, F. Gary A1 Leveno, Kenneth J. A1 Bloom, Steven L. A1 Dashe, Jodi S. A1 Hoffman, Barbara L. A1 Casey, Brian M. A1 Spong, Catherine Y. SR Print(0) ID 1160785968 T1 Thromboembolic Disorders T2 Williams Obstetrics, 25e YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259644320 LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160785968 RD 2024/04/20 AB The patient complains of intense and sudden precordial pain, becomes livid in appearance, and presents symptoms of profound dyspnea and eventually of air hunger. These embolisms, however, are not always fatal, a small proportion of the patients recovering. The treatment is purely palliative.—J. Whitridge Williams (1903)