TY - JOUR AU - Asthana, Arushi AU - Konar, Niladri AU - Chakravorty, Indranil PY - 2020/10/21 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Mortality from Pulmonary Embolism by Clinical Severity JF - The Physician JA - phy VL - 6 IS - 2 SE - DO - 10.38192/1.6.2.17 UR - https://physicianjnl.net/index.php/phy/article/view/51 SP - AB - <p><strong>Aim</strong>: To report all-cause and PE related short term mortality by clinical severity of PE and to identify any missed opportunities for thrombolysis. <strong>Background</strong>: Mortality related to pulmonary embolism varies widely in the reported literature even for the same clinical severity category of PE. <strong>Method</strong>: Electronic medical records of all patients presenting to a large tertiary care teaching hospital in London, between October 1, 2018, and January 16, 2020, who had a discharge diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism were reviewed retrospectively. <strong>Results</strong>: There was no PE related mortality in the low-risk PE group. There was one PE related death in the submassive PE group (1.47% mortality on day 14 and day 30).&nbsp; Massive PE was associated with a 29.4% PE related mortality short-term mortality.</p> ER -