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Hospital volume and outcomes for acute pulmonary embolism: multinational population based cohort study.

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Objectives

To evaluate the association between experience in the management of acute pulmonary embolism, reflected by hospital case volume, and mortality.

Design

Multinational population based cohort study using data from the Registro Informatizado de la Enfermedad TromboEmbólica (RIETE) registry between 1 January 2001 and 31 August 2018.

Setting

353 hospitals in 16 countries.

Participants

39 257 consecutive patients with confirmed diagnosis of acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism.

Main outcome measure

Pulmonary embolism related mortality within 30 days after diagnosis of the condition.

Results

Patients with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism admitted to high volume hospitals (>40 pulmonary embolisms per year) had a higher burden of comorbidities. A significant inverse association was seen between annual hospital volume and pulmonary embolism related mortality. Admission to hospitals in the highest quarter (that is, >40 pulmonary embolisms per year) was associated with a 44% reduction in the adjusted odds of pulmonary embolism related mortality at 30 days compared with admission to hospitals in the lowest quarter (<15 pulmonary embolisms per year; adjusted risk 1.3% v 2.3%; adjusted odds ratio 0.56 (95% confidence interval 0.33 to 0.95); P=0.03). Results were consistent in all sensitivity analyses. All cause mortality at 30 days was not significantly reduced between the two quarters (adjusted odds ratio 0.78 (0.50 to 1.22); P=0.28). Survivors showed little change in the odds of recurrent venous thromboembolism (odds ratio 0.76 (0.49 to 1.19)) or major bleeding (1.07 (0.77 to 1.47)) between the low and high volume hospitals.

Conclusions

In patients with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism, admission to high volume hospitals was associated with significant reductions in adjusted pulmonary embolism related mortality at 30 days. These findings could have implications for management strategies.

SUBMITTER: Jimenez D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661688 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Hospital volume and outcomes for acute pulmonary embolism: multinational population based cohort study.

Jiménez David D Bikdeli Behnood B Quezada Andrés A Muriel Alfonso A Lobo José Luis JL de Miguel-Diez Javier J Jara-Palomares Luis L Ruiz-Artacho Pedro P Yusen Roger D RD Monreal Manuel M

BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 20190729

<h4>Objectives</h4>To evaluate the association between experience in the management of acute pulmonary embolism, reflected by hospital case volume, and mortality.<h4>Design</h4>Multinational population based cohort study using data from the Registro Informatizado de la Enfermedad TromboEmbólica (RIETE) registry between 1 January 2001 and 31 August 2018.<h4>Setting</h4>353 hospitals in 16 countries.<h4>Participants</h4>39 257 consecutive patients with confirmed diagnosis of acute symptomatic pulm ...[more]

PMID: 31358508

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Dataset Information

Hospital volume and outcomes for acute pulmonary embolism: multinational population based cohort study.

Objectives

Design

Setting

Participants

Main outcome measure

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Hospital volume and outcomes for acute pulmonary embolism: multinational population based cohort study.

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