Outpatient Management of Patients Following Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Embolism.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

While guidelines recommend outpatient management of patients with low-risk pulmonary embolism (PE), little is known about the disposition of patients with PE diagnosed in United States emergency departments (EDs). We sought to determine disposition practices and subsequent health care utilization in patients with acute PE in U.S. EDs.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study of adult ED patients with a new diagnosis of acute PE treated at 740 U.S. acute care hospitals from July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2018. The primary outcome was the initial disposition following an ED visit for acute PE. Additional measures included hospital cost and 30-day revisit rate to the ED.

Results

A total of 61,070 cases were included in the overall cohort, of which 4.1% of

SUBMITTER: Westafer LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8221072 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature