Simplification of the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index for Prognostication in Patients With Acute Symptomatic Pulmonary Embolism

Jiménez, David

doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2010.199

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Simplification of the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index for Prognostication in Patients With Acute Symptomatic Pulmonary Embolism

Published in Archives of Internal Medicine • Aug 9, 2010

Authors:

David Jiménez

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI) estimates the risk of 30-day mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). We constructed a simplified version of the PESI. METHODS: The study retrospectively developed a simplified PESI clinical prediction rule for estimating the ...

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Medicine

Pulmonary embolism

Retrospective cohort study

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