Key result
Prior healthcare visits are linked to an ~11-fold higher risk of delayed pulmonary embolism diagnosis.
Why the study?
Delay to diagnosis is very common in pulmonary thromboembolism, and the role of patients' socio-demographic characteristics in delayed diagnosis was unclear.
Observational (n=156)
No
Odds Ratio: 11.592 (95% CI 3.816–35.218)
p-value: p=<0.001
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Physician and health-system delays predominate in PE diagnosis; leaves open targeted quality-improvement studies beyond patient socio-demographics.
Bülbül et al. (2010) conducted an observational in Acute pulmonary thromboembolism (n=156). Previous visit to a health institution vs. No previous visit to a health institution was evaluated on Delayed diagnosis (total delay > 24 hours) (OR 11.592, 95% CI 3.816-35.218, p=<0.001). A previous visit to a health institution was associated with an approximately 11-fold increased odds of delayed diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (OR 11.592).
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