Clinical characteristics, management, and outcome of incidental pulmonary embolism in cancer patients.

ABSTRACT: Incidental pulmonary embolisms (IPEs) are common in cancer patients. Examining the characteristics and outcomes of IPEs in cancer patients can help to ensure proper management, promoting better outcomes. To determine the clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes of IPEs for cancer patients, we conducted a 1:2 ratio case-control study and identified all consecutive patients with IPE who visited the emergency department at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center between 1 January 2006 and 1 January 2016. Each IPE case was matched with 2 controls using a propensity score obtained using logistic regression for IPE status with other factors affecting overall survival. A total of 904 confirmed cases were included in the analysis. IPE frequently occurred during the first year a

SUBMITTER: Qdaisat A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7189276 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature