Adverse Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Acute Low-risk Pulmonary Embolism and Concerning Computed Tomography Imaging Findings.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Most patients presenting to US emergency departments (EDs) with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) are hospitalized, despite evidence from multiple society-based guidelines recommending consideration of outpatient treatment for those with low risk stratification scores. One barrier to outpatient treatment may be clinician concern regarding findings on PE-protocol computed tomography (CTPE), which are perceived as high risk but not incorporated into commonly used risk stratification tools.

Objective

To evaluate the association of concerning CTPE findings with outcomes and treatment of patients in the ED with acute, low-risk PE.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used a registry of all acute PEs diagnosed in the adult ED of an academic medical cen

SUBMITTER: O'Hare C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10233419 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature