Echocardiography and biochemical predictive tests were not performed routinely as part of the present study since neither was routinely available in the study centres at the time the study commenced. AU - Alagappan, Kumar. Patients randomized to home treatment left the hospital of a mean of 0.5 days, whereas patients randomized to hospitalization were discharged after a mean of 3.9 days. A similar level of support should be possible in centres wishing to implement outpatient anticoagulation therapy for PE using existing DVT nurse-led services and on-call medical staff. As a significant proportion of patients with DVT also have silent PE (as defined by high-probability V’/Q’ scans) 3–6, it is likely that many patients who receive outpatient treatment for DVT have also received outpatient treatment of PE. 2019 May 23. Commentary. Cambron JC, Saba ES, McBane RD, et al; Adverse Events and Mortality in Anticoagulated Patients with Different Categories of Pulmonary Embolism. We do not capture any email address. 2020 Jun 54(3):249-258. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2020.02.002. The patient remained clinically stable during the following days, allowing a progressive reduction of the flow. The first one concerns the selection of patients for home treatment. Emergency department management of incidental pulmonary embolism in patients with cancer. For instance, practice-based studies have shown that 45% to 55% of hemodynamically stable PE patients are treated at home in Canada and the Netherlands, whereas in Spain and France, most patients are hospitalized.13,16-20  The introduction of direct oral anticoagulants with a superior safety profile compared with vitamin K antagonists and many practical advantages have lowered the bar for home treatment of PE.13,21  However, home treatment of PE has not (yet) become the standard of care in 2020. DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS: Medicines: Diuretics: This medicine is given to remove excess fluid from around your lungs and decrease your blood pressure. There were no significant complications or deaths during the acute treatment phase with LMWH, during which time patients had traditionally been kept in hospital. Hence, in our practice, we use the Hestia criteria without further explicit (imaging) biomarkers. As a consequence, 30% of all patients treated at home had a RV/left ventricular (LV) diameter ratio > 1.0, without a higher incidence of adverse outcome: the combined 3-month incidence of recurrent VTE and all-cause death was 2.7% in patients treated at home with a RV/LV diameter ratio > 1.0 and 2.3% in patients with a normal RV/LV ratio.25  Furthermore, high sensitive troponin-T (hsTnT) did not have an additional prognostic value on top of Hestia, as was the case for NT-proBNP in the VESTA study.7,26  The adverse 30-day composite outcome of hemodynamic instability, intensive care unit admission, or death related to either PE or major bleeding occurred in 1.7% patients treated at home with post hoc measured elevated hsTnT levels compared with 0.70% with normal hsTnT (odds ratio, 2.5; 95% CI, 0.22-28). Home treatment is feasible and safe in selected patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and is associated with a considerable reduction in health care costs. Because you have had one pulmonary embolism, you are at greater risk for having another one. Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas. 2 In a U.S. National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey analysis, during 2006 to 2010, >90% of ED patients diagnosed with pulmonary embolism (PE) were hospitalized. A pulmonary embolism (PE) is caused by a blood clot that gets stuck in an artery in your lungs.That blockage can damage your lungs and hurt other … Mostly, however, the health care costs are much lower if (unnecessary) admission is prevented. Where possible, all potential patients with PE were notified by medical staff from the different teams caring for these patients and by liaison with radiological staff. Clinical guidelines recommend early discharge of patients with low-risk pulmonary embolism (LRPE). In the present study, a specific level of oxygen required to maintain oxygen saturation was not defined and, instead, anyone requiring ongoing oxygen therapy for dyspnoea and/or hypoxaemia as felt by the managing technician was excluded. The 90-day composite outcome of all-cause mortality, recurrent symptomatic VTE, and major bleeding occurred in 0.5 of patients (95% CI, 0.02-2.4). A deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot in a large vein deep in a leg, arm, or elsewhere in the body. The Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI) predicts 30-day outcome of patients with pulmonary embolism using 11 clinical criteria. In this randomized controlled noninferiority trial, 1975 normotensive PE patients are randomized to risk stratification by either the Hestia rule or the simplified PESI (sPESI) for determining the possibility of home treatment (#NCT02811237). The trial protocol mandated that patients be discharged from the hospital within 48 hours of initial presentation for PE; it tolerated up to two nights of hospital stay. According to the literature discussed above, 2 triaging tools have been found adequate for selecting PE patients for home treatment: the Hestia criteria and PESI, with or without biomarker assessment or evaluation of the presence of RV overload. A specialized nurse evaluated the initial course of disease, presence of complications, and risk factors for complications (eg, by measuring blood pressure and checking medication adherence). These symptoms may mean another blood clot. In the Canadian studies 12, 14, support was provided with daily telephone contact by a research nurse, access to a 24-h telephone helpline and follow-up clinics at 1 week and 1 and 3 months. In absence of an alternative explanation, 1 YEARS item was awarded (PE most likely diagnosis), and a d-dimer test was ordered.12  Because the d-dimer level was above the threshold (782 ng/mL; threshold, 500 ng/mL), a computed tomography pulmonary angiography was ordered showing a segmental PE in the left lower lobe. If PESI is used, parameters of the hemodynamic profile of the patients are included in the risk stratification, but RV function is not. The 3-month incidence of recurrent VTE in these latter patients was 2.0% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.8-4.3), of vitamin K antagonist–associated major bleeding was 0.7% (95% CI, 0.08-2.4), of PE-associated mortality was 0% (95% CI, 0-1.2), and of overall mortality was 1.0% (95% CI, 0.2-2.9). Because PESI with/without measures of RV overload focuses on risk of early adverse alone and not on assessing the possibility of home treatment, PESI should always be combined with other Hestia-like criteria for this purpose as was done in the Outpatient Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism study.5, If patients are treated at home, a proper outpatient pathway should be in place (Figure 1). The attending physician considered the presence of acute PE. In both phases of the present study, it was ensured that patients had a confirmed PE before being selected for early discharge. Ultimately, these adverse outcome scores and other criteria, such as those derived from the present study and that by Kovacs et al. Such patients may even prefer being at home surrounded by relatives over hospital admission. Medical or social reason for treatment in the hospital for more than 24 h (infection, malignancy, no support system)? Derivation and validation of a prognostic model for pulmonary embolism. Much more evidence is expected on short notice, notably for the HOME-PE study. In this study 30, 50 highly selected patients with suspected PE attending an emergency department in Canada received one dose of dalteparin and were then discharged overnight, with further investigations arranged as an outpatient. research staff and clinical nurse specialists) and if all patients are reviewed for potential early discharge. patient−1. The VESTA study was a noninferiority trial in which 550 patients with acute PE and none of the Hestia criteria were randomized between immediate home treatment and advanced risk stratification via n-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide testing. After a diagnosis of pulmonary embolism, all patients should be assessed for risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism to guide duration of anticoagulation. These studies are not easily comparable because of heterogeneous selection criteria and various definitions of home treatment. ED Discharge of Patients with Pulmonary Embolism; Marketing Rivaroxaban Do PE patients discharged from the ED on rivaroxaban have a shorter length stay than those admitted to hospital? Epub 2017 Jun 6. European Respiratory Society442 Glossop RoadSheffield S10 2PXUnited KingdomTel: +44 114 2672860Email: journals@ersnet.org, Print ISSN:  0903-1936 The results from phase 1 suggested that early discharge and outpatient anticoagulation therapy may be suitable for nearly half of all patients with confirmed PE. Mortality and morbidity due to PE are highest in those presenting with features of massive PE and in those with other established risk factors for mortality, including comorbidity from cancer, chronic cardiovascular and respiratory disease, right ventricular dysfunction on echocardiography 24, and elevation of levels of cardiac troponin 25, brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and/or N-terminal-pro-BNP 26, 27. There are many benefits of treating patients with acute PE at home. Yes, you read the question correctly… This was essentially the aim of a recent study published in Academic Emergency Medicine. However, the scores predicting 30-day and 3-month mortality are not likely to be clinically useful when trying to predict the safety of outpatient treatment during the acute phase with LMWH, the treatment phase currently performed as an in-patient. Her physical examination and electrocardiogram were unremarkable. Five (22%) of the 23 patients were discharged the same day from the intensive care unit (ICU) following thrombolysis completion. Overview of the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. The patient was hemodynamically stable and required no other treatment than (oral) anticoagulation. A deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot in a large vein deep in a leg, arm, or elsewhere in the body. Discussion . In order to accelerate the patient pathway and optimise the benefits of savings in numbers of days in hospital, one of the present criteria for inclusion in phase 2 was that the diagnosis and subsequent discharge had to be made within 72 h of admission; thus the length of stay for phase 2 was influenced by this criterion. 12 showed a much higher incidence of complications than the present study, which may reflect different patient selection despite the similar exclusion criteria, and could be due to interobserver variability in the application of these criteria. The attending physician now must decide on the optimal setting of treating this patient: does she require hospitalization or is she a candidate for home treatment? Does the patient have severe liver impairment? 12 have published their experience of a further 108 subjects with PE treated as outpatients using the following exclusion criteria: 1) a medical condition that necessitated admission to hospital for another reason; 2) active bleeding or high risk of bleeding; 3) haemodynamic instability; 4) pain requiring parenteral narcotics; 5) requirement for oxygen therapy to maintain arterial oxygen saturation of >90%; 6) aged <18 yrs; and 7) likelihood of poor compliance. Online ISSN: 1399-3003, Copyright © 2021 by the European Respiratory Society. Patients were highly satisfied with outpatient management; 144 (96.6%) indicated that they would prefer treatment as outpatients for a subsequent pulmonary embolism. This is a pulmonary embolism (PE). A retrospective review from July 2016 to April 2018 was performed of 23 patients with submassive pulmonary embolism (PE) who received catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT). The variety of centres that participated, involving both district general and regional teaching hospitals, also implies that this approach is widely applicable and not restricted to specialist centres. Her temperature was 37.2°C, heart rate was 85 beats/min, respiratory rate was 14 breaths/min, oxygen saturation at room air was 98%, and blood pressure was 136/72 mm Hg. 10 In total, 525 of 2854 screened patients with acute PE were treated with rivaroxaban and discharged early in the absence of any of the Hestia criteria, signs of RV dysfunction or free-floating thrombi in the right atrium or RV, and contraindications to rivaroxaban. Patients indicated a high level of satisfaction with their care.9. In that study, 150 (60%) out of 255 patients with PE were excluded from outpatient treatment using predefined criteria and another 57 (22%) were not treated due to admission at the weekend; only 16.8% were eventually managed as outpatients. The initial outpatient DVT studies were interpreted with caution, but further studies confirmed both the safety and acceptability of outpatient DVT management, permitting ≤91% of patients to be managed without admission 10, 11, 14, 23. Noninferiority was shown for the composite outcome of PE- or bleeding-related mortality, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and intensive care unit admission, which occurred in 1.1% (95% CI, 0.2-3.2) and 0% (95% CI, 0-1.3), respectively. This is a major limitation and should be considered in future studies attempting to stratify the risk associated with outpatient treatment of PE. While performing the present study, the present authors were aware of the apprehension of medical colleagues concerning the safety of outpatient PE management. received research grants from ZonMW, Boehringer Ingelheim Bayer Health Care, and Pfizer-Bristol-Myers Squibb; and received consultancy and lecture fees from Pfizer-Bristol-Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer Health Care, and Aspen. All patients were treated with a vitamin K antagonist. Of those, 13 met 1 of the imaging exclusion criteria. CorrespondenceFrederikus A. Klok, Department of Medicine–Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Leiden University Medical Center, LUMC Room C7-14, Albinusdreef 2, 2300RC, Leiden, the Netherlands; e-mail: f.a.klok@lumc.nl. Current evidence points toward the use of either the Hestia criteria or PESI with/without assessment of the RV function to select patients for home treatment. https://doi.org/10.1182/hematology.2020000106. Although the exact answer to that question is subjective and may vary between individual physicians, patients, and policy makers, one thing is clear. Of note, although the sPESI is much more user friendly than the PESI, well validated, and included in current guidelines, none of the landmark studies on home treatment of PE published to date applied this score.22-24  Even so, it may be assumed that PESI can be substituted with sPESI. Is pulmonary embolism diagnosed during anticoagulant treatment? After 5 days in the Pneumology ward, weaning of HFNC was possible, maintaining good oxygen saturation values and hospital discharge was decided. Several studies have shown the feasibility of treating patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) at home. A major strength of the present study is that it demonstrated that it is relatively straightforward to implement an ambulatory PE service where there are existing nurse-led DVT services with established local procedures for outpatient DVT treatment and, therefore, minimal cost implications. Adult patients with ≥1 inpatient diagnosis for pulmonary embolism (PE) (index date) between 10/2011-06/2015, continuous enrollment for ≥12 months pre- and 3 months … The study by Kovacs et al. Diagnostic and Prognostic Models in VTE Management: Ready for Prime time? None of the Hestia criteria were present, and home treatment was discussed with the patient. Early discharge of patients with pulmonary embolism: a two-phase observational study C.W.H. She lived together with her husband who could take care of her, and she responded favorable to the suggestion of home treatment. A PE can become life-threatening. 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Case summary Two patients with positive RT-PCR test were initially hospitalized for non-severe COVID-19. Previous smaller studies have also identified subgroups of PE patients who appeared to be suitable for safe outpatient management of PE. In general, outpatient pathways should be collaborative between general practitioners and thrombosis specialists, including fast exchange of a medical reports and/or discharge letters to all involved.30. The incidence of major bleeding exceeded the noninferiority threshold in the home treatment group (1.8% vs 0%). 12, some of the criteria used were relatively subjective, such as the need for admission for another medical condition, the need for additional monitoring or treatments and estimates of poor compliance. Y1 - 2017/12/1. On triage, the patient was hypoxic and tachycardic, prompting a high index of suspicion for pulmonary embolism. This is a pulmonary embolism (PE). A similar study by Beer et al. The authors would like to thank the following individuals (all UK) for their involvement in the recruitment of patients and collection of data: D. Heneghan, K. Smith (Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading); L. Binks (Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich); S. Rhodes, S. Bond (Great Western Hospital, Swindon); S. Gee (Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan); C. Ashbrook-Raby, J. Ross (North Tyneside General Hospital, North Shields); J. Lordan, B. Robinson (Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne); E. Cheyne, R. James (Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry); D. Bell (Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh); and K. Humphrey, E. Fearnhead and K. Peperell (pH Associates, Marlow). This score uses clinical parameters in combination with age, male sex and risk factors, such as cardiorespiratory disease and cancer. Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a major cause of admission to hospital, with an incidence of ∼23 per 100,000 population 1, 2.Since PE and deep venous thrombosis (DVT) often coexist as venous thromboembolism (VTE), many patients presenting with symptomatic DVT have asymptomatic pulmonary emboli and vice versa 3–6.The management of VTE is now well established, with an initial … Severe pain needing intravenous pain medication for more than 24 h? AU - Rice, Terry W. AU - Reyes-Gibby, Cielito C. AU - Wu, Carol C. AU - Todd, Knox H. AU - Peacock, W. Frank . eCollection 2020 Jun. Recruitment is likely to be easier with dedicated specialised staff (e.g. The primary efficacy outcome was symptomatic recurrent VTE or PE-related death within 3 months of enrolment, which occurred in 0.6% of patients.10  The incidence of major bleeding was 1.2%, and 2.3% of patients required hospitalization because of (suspected) PE-related complications. Emergency department management of incidental pulmonary embolism in patients with cancer: a retrospective study Int J Emerg Med. The clot can separate from the vein, travel to the lungs and cut off blood flow. Patients were excluded if: 1) Anticoagulation status was not documented at time of discharge; 2) There was an inability to identify the patient on a social security index; 3) There was previous IVC filter placement; 4) There was retrieval of IVC filter within one year; 5) There was confirmation of pulmonary embolism by an outside facility; 6) There was active malignancy; 7) The patient … It is likely that the patients with the highest scores (higher risk of 30-day mortality) would also be selected out by the criteria used in the present phase 2 exclusion, simply because they are more likely to require admission for additional treatment or monitoring and would be acutely unwell. 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