D J Castro

..730. Intraobserver reproducibility was very good (0.932, 95 % CI, 0.880-0.962). The PROTECT study is designed to show the prognostic significance of MDCT for PE. Inter- and intraobserver agreement of interpretation of RVD were good...

..Ongoing phase 3 trials will provide data regarding the efficacy and safety of apixaban for treatment of acute deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism...

..In conclusion, in haemodynamically stable patients with acute pulmonary embolism, cardiac troponin I was not an independent predictor of 30-day all-cause mortality, although it did predict fatal pulmonary embolism...

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..The sources of our data were publications listed in Medline and Embase from 1980 through April 2008 and a review of cited references in those publications...

..99; p = 0.04). Moreover, patients with anaemia showed a higher risk of fatal PE (unadjusted HR 1.19, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.37). In conclusion, in patients with acute symptomatic PE, anaemia severity is associated with worsened survival...

..Concomitant deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) has an uncertain prognostic significance...

..Identification of new predisposing factors will provide clues to the pathogenic mechanisms of the disease and will facilitate early diagnosis and more effective treatment...

..The Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI) estimates the risk of 30-day mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). We constructed a simplified version of the PESI...

..Recommendations for outpatient treatment or thrombolytic therapy for patients with PE necessitate further development of prognostic models and conduct of clinical trials that assess various treatment strategies...

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..To determine the prognostic value of transthoracic echocardiography in hemodynamically stable patients diagnosed with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism...

..To assess the performance of two prognostic models in predicting short-term mortality in patients with pulmonary embolism (PE)...

..Adenosine deaminase1/adenosine deaminase(p) correctly classified all nontuberculous lymphocytic pleural effusions with high adenosine deaminase levels...

..There are certain risk factors for the development of residual pleural thickening. However, this complication was not associated with long-term functional repercussions in the series of patients involved in this study...

..The objective of this study was to carry out a prospective evaluation of the risk of recurrence and/or death in patients with pulmonary embolism that presents with syncope...

..Massive malignant pleural effusions are associated with worse survival, independent of age and histologic subgroup, than are non-massive malignant pleural effusions...

..Controversy exists regarding the clinical utility of pleural fluid parameters as prognosticators of complicated parapneumonic effusions that require drainage...

..0045). In patients with a first episode of unprovoked symptomatic acute proximal lower extremity DVT, the risk of recurrent VTE was significantly higher in those with silent PE compared to those without PE...

..In conclusion, this study demonstrates that, at least in our institution, routine microbial investigation of pleural fluid adds very little to the standard management of parapneumonic effusions...

..High plasmatic levels of D dimer (DD), a specific fibrin derivate, have recently been reported in PE...

..To investigate the prognostic significance of a diagnostic delay of greater than 1 week after symptom onset in patients with pulmonary embolism (PE)...

..0001). Enoxaparin is as effective and safe as acenocoumarol in the secondary prevention of recurrent thromboembolic disease and is associated with shorter hospitalization...

..To determine the value of computed tomography (CT) angiography of the chest as a diagnostic test to exclude pulmonary embolism and to assess compliance with diagnostic protocols for thromboembolic disease...

..2-4.4%)). The net reclassification improvement with the sPESI was 13.4% (p = 0.07). The integrated discrimination improvement was estimated as 1.8% (p<0.001). The sPESI quantified the prognosis of patients with PE better than the SI...

..Patients with systolic arterial hypotension and immobilization at the time of PE diagnosis had an increased risk of short-term mortality...

..To identify patients with a low short-term risk of complications following acute pulmonary thromboembolism...

..Some studies have suggested that patients with PE and concomitant COPD have a worse prognosis than patients without COPD...

..The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic value of electrocardiography in hemodynamically stable patients with a diagnosis of acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE)...

..Mortality, recurrences and hemorrhages are the most serious early complications of pulmonary embolism (PE). We intended to ascertain the frequency and mechanisms of complications within the first 10 days after PE was diagnosed...