Emergency Department Patient Satisfaction with Treatment of Low-risk Pulmonary Embolism

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  Figure 1. Cohort assembly of emergency department patients with acute pulmonary embolism for telephone follow-up survey. ED, emergency department; PE, pulmonary embolism; VTE, venous thromboembolism; C/w, consistent with; MAPLE, Management of Acute PuLmonary Embolism study; PESI, Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index; LOS, length of stay.

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  Figure 2. Responses to satisfaction questions by patients with low-risk pulmonary embolism, stratified by length of stay (LOS). Note: There were no significant differences in satisfaction rates between patients with a LOS<24 hours and a LOS≥24 hours (p>0.13 for all).

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  Figure 3. Responses to satisfaction questions by patients with low-risk pulmonary embolism, stratified by site of discharge. LOS, length of stay. Note: There were no significant differences in satisfaction rates between patients discharged from the emergency department and the hospital (p>0.20 for all).

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  Figure 4. Physical and mental quality of life scores of patients with low-risk pulmonary embolism. ED, emergency department; QOL, quality of life. *No statistically significant differences found in patient QOL comparisons except for physical QOL when stratified by patient length of stay (p=0.01).