SGEM#323: Mama I’m Comin’ Home – For Outpatient Treatment of a Pulmonary Embolism

Ensaios extraídos do podcast de Dr. Ken Milne

• 2021Outpatient Management of Patients Following Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary EmbolismAnticoagulation & AntithromboticsIn 61,070 US ED patients with acute pulmonary embolism, outpatient discharge rather than hospital admission occurred in only 4.1%, with wide variation between hospitals.
• 2015Immediate Discharge and Home Treatment With Rivaroxaban of Low-risk Venous ThromboembolismAnticoagulation & AntithromboticsIn 106 emergency department patients with low-risk DVT or pulmonary embolism, immediate discharge home on rivaroxaban led to no recurrent VTE or bleeding on therapy