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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 ...
Outpatient care for certain low-risk patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) can be safely and effectively used in place of inpatient care, according to a randomized, multi-center study in 19 ...
An analysis of more than 1.6 million emergency department (ED) visits for acute pulmonary embolism (PE) has found that nearly two-thirds of ED visits still resulted in hospitalization for low-risk ...
Mean Pulmonary Embolism Quality of Life questionnaire score decreased from 28.9% at 3 weeks to 19.9% at 3 months, with a mean improvement of –9.1 percentage points (P < .0001).
A pulmonary embolism can occur suddenly and can be life-threatening (with survival rates as low as 65 percent), but if caught and treated in time, they are rarely fatal (with survival rates above ...
Venous thromboembolism Outpatient care is noninferior to inpatient care for low-risk patients with acute pulmonary embolism Bryony M. Mearns Nature Reviews Cardiology 8, 421 (2011) Cite this article ...
(HealthDay)—The majority of adults presenting to the emergency department with low-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) are eligible for outpatient treatment, but relative contraindications to ...
Paper cited: “Adverse Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Acute Low-risk Pulmonary Embolism and Concerning Computed Tomography Imaging Findings,” JAMA Network Open.
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Around 1 month later, the patient was admitted to an NHS Trust hospital and diagnosed with bilateral pulmonary embolism, which required a 6-month course of rivaroxaban for treatment. The patient ...