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Outpatient Management of Patients Following Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Embolism

L. Westafer, M. Shieh, P. Pekow, M. Stefan, P. Lindenauer

Academic Emergency Medicine, 2020

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Abstract

While guidelines recommend outpatient management of patients with low‐risk pulmonary embolism (PE), little is known about the disposition of patients with PE diagnosed in United States emergency departments (EDs). We sought to determine disposition practices and subsequent health care utilization in patients with acute PE in U.S. EDs.

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