Pearl
Trust your instincts and even though a subject like body smell may be embarrassing, Pulmonary embolism occurs when a portion of a deep vein thrombosis breaks off and lodges in the pulmonary vasculature. Lippincott Manual of Nursing lists clinical manifestations of a pulmonary embolism that include the following: sharp, stabbing pain in the chest, anxious, cyanosis, rapid and irregular pulse, dyspnea, tachypnea, hypoxemia, pleural friction rub.