Patients presenting with low-risk pulmonary embolism are managed in different ways based on CT scan findings and not clinical risk factors, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Initial treatment is guided by classification of the pulmonary embolism as high-risk, intermediate-risk, or low-risk. Most patients have low-risk pulmonary embolism, and their care can be managed ...

A significant number of low-risk patients who visited the ED for acute pulmonary embolism were hospitalized despite evidence supporting outpatient management, according to a recent study.

A pulmonary embolism can occur suddenly and can be life ... changed to prioritize outpatient management of patients with low-risk PE over hospitalization. However, a new analysis by investigators ...

Approximately 40% of the patients in the study had low-risk pulmonary embolism, as defined by the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index, or PESI score. Roughly half of the low-risk patients had CT ...

This treatment potentially decreases the risk of long-term disability." Each year, pulmonary embolism affects up to 900,000 people in the United States; with 10 to 30 percent of patients dying ...

While 19% of people with pulmonary embolism stayed in the hospital for 5 days or less, 17% of patients had treatment at home. A 2018 study suggests some people with low risk pulmonary embolism may ...

A pulmonary embolism (PE) usually happens when a blood clot called a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), often in your leg, travels to your lungs and blocks a blood vessel. That leads to low oxygen levels ...

The treatment pathways for the high-risk PE and low-risk PE are well described ... not just based on the pulmonary embolism, but we are also realizing is that a lot of our patients have a lot ...

Plus, eating a healthy diet low in ultra-processed foods is linked ... greater vegetable and fruit consumption was linked with a lower risk of pulmonary embolism, while wine consumption was ...

visits for acute pulmonary embolism (PE) has found that nearly two-thirds of ED visits still resulted in hospitalization for low-risk patients. This trend remained stable between 2012 and 2020 ...

Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The summaries are not intended to substitute for the full articles as a source ...