Key result
Contemporary risk stratification guidelines for acute PE provide essential tools to guide appropriate treatment.
Why the study?
Pulmonary embolism remains a leading cause of cardiovascular mortality with variable presentation and outcomes requiring rapid risk stratification for prognosis and treatment selection.
Population
Patients with acute pulmonary embolisms
Design
Review
Authors
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May inform acute PE treatment selection from outpatient to intensive care; leaves open prospective validation of emerging tools.
This review summarizes contemporary guidelines and methods for risk stratification of acute pulmonary embolism to guide appropriate clinical management.
Russell et al. (2022) conducted a review in Acute pulmonary embolism. Risk stratification and classification models was evaluated. Contemporary guidelines and methods for risk stratification of acute pulmonary embolism provide essential tools for guiding appropriate treatment, ranging from outpatient care to intensive monitoring.
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