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Table 2 PE management and bleeding complication

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

AC only, No. (%)

224 (95)

81 (68)

174 (88)

< 0.001

IVC filter, No. (%)

53 (22)

19 (16)

22 (11)

0.008

Any advanced, No. (%)

5 (2)

26 (22)

3 (2)

< 0.001

 Cath directed thrombolysis

3 (1)

17 (14)

1 (1)

< 0.001

 Cath directed thrombectomy

4 (2)

5 (4)

3 (2)

0.245

 Systemic lysis

0

5 (4)

0

< 0.001

 Surgical thrombectomy

0

2 (2)

0

0.047

 ECMO

0

3 (3)

1 (1)

0.016

Bleeding complication, No. (%) a)

 Minor

15 (6)

9 (8)

20 (10)

0.340

 Major

9 (4)

1 (1)

4 (2)

0.260

  1. Abbreviations: PP pre-PERT, PA PERT alerted, NPA Non-PERT alerted, AC anticoagulation, IVC Inferior Vena cava, ECMO Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. a) Bleeding complication severity assessed by the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis. P value calculated by Fisher’s Exact test