Pulmonary Embolism Risk Scores in Patients Evaluated by PE Response Teams

Four commonly used risk stratification scores had mediocre discrimination for mortality.

Pulmonary embolism (PE) represents a broad spectrum of disease. Risk stratification of patients with PE is necessary to help guide management and disposition decisions.

Researchers retrospectively evaluated the performance of four risk stratification tools — the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI); the simplified version, sPESI; the Bova score; and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) risk score — in patients who were referred for evaluation by Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams (PERTs) at 8 centers. Patients were generally referred for guidance regarding clinical care.

Among 416 adult patients, all-cause mortality was 6.0% at 7 days and 12.3% at 30 days. Roughly 55% received an intervention in addition to anticoagulation (e.g., embol…

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Lauren M. Westafer, DO, MPH, MS

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Grant/Research SupportNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Editorial BoardsAnnals of Emergency Medicine

Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesAcademy for Academic Women in Emergency Medicine (Social Media Chair)

Lauren M. Westafer, DO, MPH, MS

Disclosures

Grant/Research SupportNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Editorial BoardsAnnals of Emergency Medicine

Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesAcademy for Academic Women in Emergency Medicine (Social Media Chair)

Pulmonary Embolism Risk Scores in Patients Evaluated by PE Response Teams

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