Adoption of a dedicated multidisciplinary team is associated with improved survival in acute pulmonary embolism.

Lukasz A MycJigna N SolankiAndrew J BarrosNebil NuradinMatthew G NevulisKranthikiran EarasiEmily D RichardsonShawn C TsutsuiKyle B EnfieldNicholas R TemanZiv J HaskalSula MazimbaJamie L W KennedyAndrew D MihalekAditya M SharmaAlexandra Kadl

Published in: Respiratory research (2020)

At our institution, all-cause mortality in patients with acute PE has significantly and durably decreased with the adoption of a PERT program without incurring additional hospital costs or protracting hospital LOS. Our data suggest that the adoption of a multidisciplinary approach at some institutions may provide benefit to select patients with acute PE.

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pulmonary embolism
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free survival
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