Articles: emergency-department.
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Acta clinica Croatica · Jun 2022
OUTPATIENT TREATMENT OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM - A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE.
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common diagnosis in an emergency department. It also represents a large share of patients admitted to hospital wards. Patients with PE can be risk-stratified and discharged early from the emergency department. This results in better availability of hospital beds for other patients and a significant reduction of treatment costs for the healthcare system. This paper aims to describe the protocols used in our emergency department, with special emphasis on risk stratification, for adverse events and bleeding risk, treatment strategies, and outcomes for this type of protocol. ⋯ In the cohort of patients with PE, early discharge and outpatient treatment was safe and effective, with lower healthcare costs and almost no adverse events for patients.