Short-term prognosis of pulmonary embolism

Short-term prognosis of definitive neonatal infection

Long-term prognosis of treated acute massive pulmonary embolism.

Seventy-two patients surviving initial treatment by pulmonary embolectomy, streptokinase, or heparin for acute massive pulmonary embolism have been reviewed 1 to 9 years later. Of these patients, 17 had additional cardiorespiratory disease. There were 12 late deaths (41% of those patients with, and 9% of those patients without additional cardiorespiratory disease). No death was due to chronic p...

Symptoms, location and prognosis of pulmonary embolism.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common disease with variable symptoms and high overall mortality. The clinical relevance of the extent of PE is still debatable, and the role of anticoagulation in patients with subsegmental involvement has been contested. Our objective is to describe the clinical details of patients with PE in our hospital and to analyze their prognosis bas...

Sex differences in the characteristics and short-term prognosis of patients presenting with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism

BACKGROUND We sought to examine sex-related differences in the characteristics and outcome in patients presenting with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE). METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 2,096 patients diagnosed with acute PE. The characteristics were recorded at presentation. Treatment was at the discretion of patients' physicians. The primary study outcome, all-c...

The Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index in Predicting the Prognosis of Patients With Pulmonary Embolism

BACKGROUND/AIMS Many prognostic models have been developed to help physicians make medical decisions on treating patients with pulmonary embolism. Among these models, the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI) has been shown to be a successful risk stratification tool for patients with acute pulmonary embolism. The PESI, however, had not been applied to patients with pulmonary embolism in Kor...