Temporal trends in management and outcome of pulmonary embolism: a single-centre experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Real-world data on the impact of advances in risk-adjusted management on the outcome of patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) are limited.

Methods

To investigate temporal trends in treatment, in-hospital adverse outcomes and 1-year mortality, we analysed data from 605 patients [median age, 70 years (IQR 56-77) years, 53% female] consecutively enrolled in a single-centre registry between 09/2008 and 08/2016.

Results

Over the 8-year period, more patients were classified to lower risk classes according to the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2014 guideline algorithm while the number of high-risk patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) increased. Although patients with OHCA had an exceptionally high in-hospital mortality rate of 59.3%, the rate

SUBMITTER: Ebner M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6952327 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature