Predicting in-hospital mortality in pulmonary embolism patients: development and external validation of the PATHOS score.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

According to the 2019 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines on pulmonary embolism (PE), prognosis is calculated using the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI), a complex score with debated validity, or simplified PESI (sPESI). We have developed and validated a new risk score for in-hospital mortality (IHM) of patients with PE in the emergency department.

Methods

This retrospective, dual-center cohort study was conducted in the emergency departments of two third-level university hospitals. Patients aged >18 years with a contrast-enhanced computed tomography-confirmed PE were included. Clinical variables and laboratory tests were evaluated blindly to IHM. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to identify the new score's predictors, and the new

SUBMITTER: Spampinato MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10090728 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature