Archivos de bronconeumología
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Arch. Bronconeumol. · Oct 2013
Comparative Study Observational StudyValidation of two clinical prognostic models in patients with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism.
The aim of this study was to compare the predictive value of two clinical prognostic models, the Spanish score and the simplified Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (sPESI), in an independent cohort of patients diagnosed of acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE). ⋯ Both scores provide excellent information to stratify the risk of mortality in patients treated of PE. The usefulness of these models for nonfatal adverse events is questionable. The sPESI identified low-risk patients with PE better than the Spanish score.