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;Yealy, Donald M;et.al.
(2011) The Lancet —

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  • Aujesky, Drahomir
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  • Roy, Pierre-Marie
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  • Righini, Marc
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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.
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Aujesky, D., Roy, P.-M., Verschuren, F., Righini, M., Osterwalder, J., Egloff, M., Renaud, B., Verhamme, P., Stone, R. A., Legall, C., Sanchez, O., Pugh, N. A., N’gako, A., Cornuz, J., Hugli, O., Beer, H.-J., Perrier, A., Fine, M. J., & Yealy, D. M. (2011). Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for patients with acute pulmonary embolism : an international, open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial. The Lancet. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60824-6