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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics

From: Adoption of a dedicated multidisciplinary team is associated with improved survival in acute pulmonary embolism

 

pre-PERT (PP) (n = 237)

PERT-alerted (PA) (n = 120)

Non-PERT alerted (NPA) (n = 197)

P value

Age, median (95%CI)

62 (59–66)

63.5 (60.0–67)

62 (58–63)

n.s.

Sex, No. (%)

 Men

124 (52)

60 (48)

104 (53)

n.s.

 Women

113 (48)

60 (50)

93 (47)

n.s.

BMI, mean (SD)

30.5 (9.17)

32.35 (9.08)

31.4 (9.00)

n.s.

PESI score, median (95%CI)

108 (102–114)

102 (95–109)

103 (94–107)

n.s.

PESI score, mean (SD)

114 (48.63)

109 (38.79)

105 (41.36)

n.s.

PESI classes, No. (%)

 PESI class I

37 (16)

10 (8)

36 (18)

n.s.

 PESI class II

34 (14)

27 (23)

38 (19)

n.s.

 PESI class III

39 (16)

27 (23)

32 (16)

n.s.

 PESI class IV

48 (20)

22 (18)

35 (18)

n.s.

 PESI class V

79 (33)

34 (28)

55 (28)

n.s.

Coexisting conditions, No. (%)

 Heart failure

92 (39)

6 (5.0)

20 (10)

< 0.001

 Chronic lung

59 (25)

11 (9)

34 (17)

0.001

 Malignancy

79 (33)

43 (36)

72 (37)

0.747

 Previous VTE

44 (19)

31 (26)

44 (22)

0.266

  1. Abbreviations: PP pre-PERT, PA PERT alerted, NPA Non-PERT alerted, BMI Body Mass Index, PESI Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index, VTE Venous Thromboembolism. P value calculated by Chi Square test