Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for acute pulmonary embolism

摘要

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common life‐threatening cardiovascular condition, with an incidence of 23 to 69 new cases per 100,000 people each year. For selected low‐risk patients with acute PE, outpatient treatment might provide several advantages over traditional inpatient treatment, such as reduction of hospitalisations, substantial cost savings, and improvements in health‐related quality of life. This is an update of the review first published in 2014.