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Use of hospital resources in the care of patients with intermediate risk pulmonary embolism.
Sullivan, Alexander E; Holder, Tara; Truong, Tracy; Green, Cynthia L; Sofela, Olamiji; Dahhan, Talal; Granger, Christopher B; Jones, W Schuyler; Patel, Manesh R.
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  • Sullivan AE; Department of Medicine, Duke University Health System, USA.
  • Holder T; Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA.
  • Truong T; Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Health System, USA.
  • Green CL; Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Health System, USA.
  • Sofela O; Analytics Center of Excellence, Duke University Health System, USA.
  • Dahhan T; Department of Medicine, Duke University Health System, USA.
  • Granger CB; Duke Clinical Research Institute, USA.
  • Jones WS; Department of Medicine, Duke University Health System, USA.
  • Patel MR; Department of Medicine, Duke University Health System, USA.
Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care ; : 2048872620921601, 2020 Nov 27.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33242980
BACKGROUND: Risk stratification and management of hemodynamically stable pulmonary embolism remains challenging. Professional societies have published stratification schemes, but little is known about the management of patients with intermediate risk pulmonary embolism. We describe the care of these patients at an academic health system. METHODS: Patient encounters from 1 January 2016 to 30 June 2017 were retrospectively identified utilizing a multihospital, electronic health record-based data warehouse. Using the 2019 European Society of Cardiology criteria, differences in hospital resource utilization, defined as intensive care unit admission, use of invasive therapies, and length of stay, were examined in patients with intermediate risk characteristics. RESULTS: A cohort of 322 intermediate risk patients, including 165 intermediate-low and 157 intermediate-high risk patients, was identified. Intermediate-high risk patients more often underwent catheter-directed therapy (14.0% vs. 1.8%; P<0.001) compared to intermediate-low risk patients and had a 50% higher rate of intensive care unit admission (relative risk 1.50; 95% confidence interval 1.06, 2.12; P=0.023). There was no difference in median intensive care unit length of stay (2.7 vs. 2.0 days; P=0.761) or hospital length of stay (5.0 vs. 5.0 days; P=0.775) between intermediate-high risk and intermediate-low risk patients. Patients that underwent invasive therapies had a 3.8-day shorter hospital length of stay (beta -3.75; 95% confidence interval -6.17, -1.32; P=0.002). CONCLUSION: This study presents insights into the hospital resource utilization of patients with intermediate risk pulmonary embolism. The 2019 European Society of Cardiology risk stratification criteria are a clinically relevant scheme that identifies patients more often treated with intensive care unit admission and advanced therapies.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article