Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2009
Multicenter StudyEmergency Department diagnosis of pulmonary embolism is associated with significantly reduced mortality: a linked data population study.
We characterized patients admitted via ED with a principal hospital discharge diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) and compared mortality of those diagnosed in the ED with those diagnosed after admission. ⋯ Making the diagnosis of PE in ED was associated with a substantial survival advantage that persisted after hospital discharge.