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April 1, 2000International Journal of Clinical PracticeOpen Access

Massive pulmonary embolism: do algorithms aid management?

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Population

Patients with acute massive pulmonary embolism

Design

Editorial

Authors

SBSimon A Biggart

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Implication

Algorithms for massive PE may aid district hospital care; leaves open need for diagnostic delays and historical comparisons before guidelines.

Structured PICO

P
Population
Patients with acute massive pulmonary embolism (general discussion based on a paper from a UK district general hospital)
I
Intervention
Diagnostic and management algorithms for acute massive pulmonary embolism

The editorial emphasizes the potential value of diagnostic and treatment algorithms for massive pulmonary embolism in district general hospitals, while calling for more robust historical comparisons and national evidence-based guidelines.

Limitations

  • Lack of information on delays encountered when waiting for investigations
  • Lack of comparison to management in previous years in the same institution

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Simon A Biggart (2000) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d0713b97b7d2d4f83d222https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-1241.2000.tb11870.x
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