Changing Trends in Hospital Admissions for Pulmonary Embolism in Spain from 2001 to 2018.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: The aims of this study were to examine trends in the incidence, clinical characteristics, and in-hospital outcomes of patients hospitalized with pulmonary embolism in Spain and to identify factors associated with in-hospital mortality (IHM). (2) Methods: We included all patients who were hospitalized for pulmonary embolism between 2001 and 2018. Data were collected from the Spanish National Hospital Discharge Database. (3) Results: We identified 241,821 hospitalizations for pulmonary embolism during the study period. The incidence of pulmonary embolism increased from 20.49 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the period 2001-2002 to 35.9 cases in the period 2017-2018 (p < 0.001). After controlling for possible confounders, there was a significant increase in the incidence over

SUBMITTER: de Miguel-Diez J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7599502 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature