Safety, efficacy, length of stay and patient satisfaction with outpatient management of low-risk pulmonary embolism patients - a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Annual health expense of hospital admissions, due to venous thromboembolism including pulmonary embolism, exceeds 10 billion dollars in the United States. Most of these patients still get admitted to the hospital despite the advent of novel oral anticoagulants. Our aim is to show that low-risk pulmonary embolism patients can safely be discharged from the emergency department with similar patient satisfaction and lower length of stay.

Methods

A comprehensive search in Medline indexed and non-indexed, Embase, and Cochrane Central was performed to search for all the randomized controlled trials that compared inpatient treatment of low-risk pulmonary embolism to outpatient treatment.

Results

Of 68 potentially relevant studies, a total of 2 studies (453 partic

SUBMITTER: Malik AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7811300 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature