A multidisciplinary pulmonary embolism response team (PERT): first experience from a single center in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the last few years, the concept of multidisciplinary pulmonary embolism response teams (PERTs) has emerged to encounter the increasing variety and complexity in managing acute pulmonary embolism (PE).

Purpose

To investigate PERT's composition and added clinical value in a university center in Germany.

Methods

Over 4 years (01/2019-11/2022), patients with confirmed PE were enrolled in a prospective single-center cohort study (PERT Mainz). We investigated the composition of PERT and compared, after propensity score matching, patients with acute PE before and after the initiation of PERT at our Medical University Centre. The primary outcome was in-hospital PE-related mortality.

Results

From 2019 to 2022, 88 patients with acute PE with a PERT decisi

SUBMITTER: Sagoschen I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10954947 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature