Background. The @entity1151 Severity Index (PESI) score can risk-stratify @entity1 with PE but its widespread use is uncertain. With the PESI, we compared length of hospital stay between low, moderate, and high risk PE @entity1 and determined the number of low risk PE @entity1 who were discharged early. Methods. PE @entity1 admitted to St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital from January 2005 to August 2010 were screened. PESI score stratified acute PE @entity1 into low (<85), moderate (86-105), and high (>105) risk categories and their length of hospital stay was compared. @entity1 with low risk PE discharged early ( <=3 days) were calculated. Results. Among 315 PE @entity1 , 51.7% were at low risk. No significant difference in hospital stay between low (7.11    3   d) and moderate (6.88    2.9   d) risk, p > 0.05, as well as low and high risk (7.28    3.0   d), p > 0.05, was found. 9% of low risk @entity1 were discharged  <= 3 days. Conclusions. There was no significant difference in length of hospital stay between low and high risk groups and only a small number of low risk @entity1 were discharged from the hospital early suggesting that risk tools like PESI may not have a widespread use.

Is the XXXX Severity Index Being Routinely Used in Clinical Practice?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'Patients'] @entity1151 :: ('MESH:D011655', 'Disease') :: ['Pulmonary Embolism']
@entity1151 :: (MESH:D011655,Disease) :: ['Pulmonary Embolism']
