Quality of life 1 month after acute pulmonary embolism in emergency department patients

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Authors

Anthony J. Weekes · Carolinas Medical Center

Jillian Davison · Orlando Health

Kathryn Lupez · Carolinas Medical Center

Jaron Raper · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Alyssa M. Thomas · Methodist Hospital

Carly A. Cox · Idaho Urologic Institute

Dasia Esener ·

Abstract

Acute clinical deterioration, RVD, and PE severity were not predictors of QoL at 1 month post-PE. Independent predictors of worsened QoL were rehospitalization, COPD, and index hospital length of stay.

Topics & Keywords

Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Acute Myocardial Infarction Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Academic Emergency Medicine

Volume 30, Issue 8, pp. 819-831

DOI: 10.1111/acem.14692

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