Sex Differences in Advanced Therapeutic Interventions for Intermediate- and High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Advanced interventions are increasingly used to treat intermediate- and high-risk acute pulmonary embolism (PE). While sex-based differences exist in treatment of other diseases, it is unknown whether these disparities extend to PE.

Methods

This is a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study of adult patients diagnosed with radiographically confirmed intermediate- and high-risk acute PE at a tertiary hospital between 1/1/2012 and 12/31/2021 for whom the PE Response Team was activated. Primary outcome was receipt of any advanced intervention. Descriptive and inferential analyses using Chi-square tests, t tests, and logistic regression were performed to evaluate for factors associated with the primary outcome.

Findings

We analyzed 902 patients, of whom 43

SUBMITTER: Prucnal CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11922161 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature