Reasons for Hospitalization of Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism Based on the Hestia Decision Rule.
Stephan V HendriksPaul L den ExterWendy ZondagRolf BrouwerMichiel EijsvogelMarco J GrootenboersLaura M FaberRoxanne Heller-BaanHerman M A HofsteeAntonio Iglesias Del SolMarieke J H A KruipAlbert T A MairuhuChristian F MelissantHenny G PeltenburgMarcel A van de ReeErik H SernéMenno V HuismanFrederikus A Kloknull nullPublished in: Thrombosis and haemostasis (2020)
The most frequent reason for hospital admission was oxygen therapy. In the decision to award the subjective criterion as sole argument for admission, the severity of the RV overload and resulting hemodynamic response of the patient was taken into account rather than just abnormal RV/LV ratio.