Adoption of a dedicated multidisciplinary team is associated with improved survival in acute pulmonary embolism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute pulmonary embolism remains a significant cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Benefit of recently developed multidisciplinary PE response teams (PERT) with higher utilization of advanced therapies has not been established.

Methods

To evaluate patient-centered outcomes and cost-effectiveness of a multidisciplinary PERT we performed a retrospective analysis of 554 patients with acute PE at the university of Virginia between July 2014 and June 2015 (pre-PERT era) and between April 2017 through October 2018 (PERT era). Six-month survival, hospital length-of-stay (LOS), type of PE therapy, and in-hospital bleeding were assessed upon collected data.

Results

317 consecutive patients were treated for acute PE during an 18-month period following institu

SUBMITTER: Myc LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7310489 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature