What question did this study set out to answer?

Evaluate clinical profiles and short-term outcomes of acute pulmonary embolism in admitted patients.

March 20, 2023International Journal of Medicine and Health DevelopmentOpen Access

Clinical Profile and Short-Term Outcomes of Patients Admitted with Acute Pulmonary Embolism in a Tertiary Care Centre

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Why the study?

Venous thromboembolism significantly contributes to global disease burden, morbidity, and mortality, prompting an assessment of clinical, diagnostic, treatment, and outcome profiles in acute pulmonary embolism patients.

Population

31 patients aged >12 years admitted with CTPA-confirmed acute PE

Design

Hospital-based prospective observational study

Authors

VPVinayak PaiManipal Academy of Higher Education MNMilind NadkarKing Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College AMAlhad MulkalwarDr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre

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Implication

Acute PE profiles characterized in one tertiary center; leaves open generalizability and causal inferences.

Key Points

Evaluate clinical profiles and short-term outcomes of acute pulmonary embolism in admitted patients.
Hospital-based prospective observational study of 31 patients over 18 months.
Inclusion of patients over 12 years with confirmed acute PE via computed tomography pulmonary angiography.
Assessment of treatment modalities and clinical outcomes.
Thrombolysis was performed in 12.9% of cases and anticoagulants in 87.1%.
Severe hypoxia occurred in 35.4%, while secondary pulmonary hypertension was noted in 54.8%.
Mortality rate was recorded at 9.6% of cases.

Structured PICO

Population

31 patients >12 years old admitted with confirmed acute pulmonary embolism based on computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA)

Intervention

Thrombolysis (12.9%) or anticoagulants (87.1%)

Outcome

Clinical profile, treatment, and short-term outcomes including complications and mortalityhard clinical

Acute pulmonary embolism carries a high complication rate, notably secondary pulmonary hypertension, and a mortality rate of nearly 10% in a tertiary care setting.

Cite This Study

Pai et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d420db97b7d2d4f83e1e6 https://doi.org/10.4103/ijmh.ijmh_1_23

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Clinical Profile and Short-Term Outcomes of Patients Admitted with Acute Pulmonary Embolism in a Tertiary Care Centre

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Clinical Profile and Short-Term Outcomes of Patients Admitted with Acute Pulmonary Embolism in a Tertiary Care Centre

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