A peer champion-led decision support intervention to increase outpatient management of pulmonary embolism was sustainable 4 years after implementation, a cohort analysis shows.
In a large study of patients with acute pulmonary embolism, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension was rare, but post-pulmonary embolism impairment was not.
While the majority of PEs are correctly identified and treated, the healthcare safety watchdog felt that the risk of serious harm or death, if missed, warranted further exploration.