Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for patients with acute pulmonary embolism: an international, open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial

Aujesky, Drahomir; Roy, Pierre-Marie; Verschuren, Franck; Righini, Marc Philip; Osterwalder, Josef Johann; Egloff, Michaël; Renaud, Bertrand; Verhamme, Peter; Stone, Roslyn A; Legall, Catherine; Sanchez, Olivier; Pugh, Nathan A; N'gako, Alfred; Cornuz, Jacques; Hugli, Olivier; Beer, Hans-Jürg; Perrier, Arnaud; Fine, Michael J; Yealy, Donald M

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60824-6

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Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for patients with acute pulmonary embolism: an international, open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial

ContributorsAujesky, Drahomir; Roy, Pierre-Marie; Verschuren, Franck; Righini, Marc Philip

; Osterwalder, Josef Johann; Egloff, Michaël; Renaud, Bertrand; Verhamme, Peter; Stone, Roslyn A; Legall, Catherine; Sanchez, Olivier; Pugh, Nathan A; N'gako, Alfred; Cornuz, Jacques; Hugli, Olivier; Beer, Hans-Jürg; Perrier, Arnaud; Fine, Michael J; Yealy, Donald M

Published inLancet, vol. 378, no. 9785, p. 41-48

Publication date2011

Abstract

Although practice guidelines recommend outpatient care for selected, haemodynamically stable patients with pulmonary embolism, most treatment is presently inpatient based. We aimed to assess non-inferiority of outpatient care compared with inpatient care.

Keywords

Acute Disease
Administration, Oral
Ambulatory Care
Anticoagulants/administration & dosage/adverse effects
Enoxaparin/administration & dosage/adverse effects
Female
Health Resources/utilization
Hemorrhage/chemically induced
Hospitalization
Humans
Injections, Subcutaneous
Length of Stay
Male
Middle Aged
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Patient Readmission
Patient Satisfaction
Pulmonary Embolism/diagnosis/drug therapy
Recurrence

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

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AUJESKY, Drahomir et al. Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for patients with acute pulmonary embolism: an international, open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial. In: Lancet, 2011, vol. 378, n° 9785, p. 41–48. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60824-6

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PID : unige:25576
DOI : 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60824-6
PMID : 21703676

Journal ISSN0140-6736

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Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for patients with acute pulmonary embolism: an international, open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial

Although practice guidelines recommend outpatient care for selected, haemodynamically stable patients with pulmonary embolism, most treatment is presently inpatient based. We aimed to assess non-inferiority of outpatient care compared with inpatient care.

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