Original, simplified, and modified pulmonary embolism severity indices in risk stratification of pulmonary embolism

Abstract Background Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially fatal disease. Prognostic assessment is needed for proper management. Several prognostic models have been proposed. Aim The aim was to validate the original pulmonary embolism severity index (o-PESI) with its simplified version (s-PE...

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Main Authors: Maha Yousif, Sabah A. Hussein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-01-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4103/ejb.ejb_68_19