Fatality rates and use of systemic thrombolysis in pregnant women with pulmonary embolism.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Data on the early course and use of systemic thrombolysis in pregnant women with pulmonary embolism associated or not with haemodynamic failure are scarce. We investigated these aspects using the information from the German Nationwide Inpatient Registry (years 2005-2016).

Methods and results

In Germany, all diagnoses referring to hospitalized patients are coded according to the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision with German Modification. We analysed data of pregnant women aged 18-50 years for whom the following diagnoses were recorded during hospitalization: (i) pulmonary embolism (I26) during pregnancy or peripartum (O09) or (ii) obstetric thromboembolism (O88.2). Haemodynamic failure at any time during the in-hospital s

SUBMITTER: Hobohm L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7524052 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature