Acute Pulmonary Embolism During Pregnancy and Puerperium: National Trends and In-Hospital Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the trend and outcomes of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) during pregnancy and puerperium using a large national database.

Patients and methods

The National Inpatient Sample was queried to identify pregnancy-related hospitalizations in the United States from January 1, 2007, through September 30, 2015. Temporal trends in the rates of acute PE and in-hospital mortality rates were extracted.

Results

Among 37,524,314 hospitalizations, 6,333 patients (0.02%) had acute PE. The prevalence of comorbidities and risk factors such as hypertension, obesity, and smoking increased, but rates of acute PE did not change significantly (18.01 in 2007 vs 19.36 in 2015, per 100,000 hospitalizations, P_trends=.21). Advanced therapies were used in a small

SUBMITTER: Elgendy IY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12723820 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature