Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for patients with acute pulmonary embolism: an international, open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial
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Date of Publication
2011
Publication Type
Article
Division/Institute
Contributor
Roy, Pierre-Marie | |
Verschuren, Franck | |
Righini, Marc | |
Osterwalder, Joseph | |
Egloff, Michael | |
Renaud, Bertrand | |
Verhamme, Peter | |
Stone, Roslyn A | |
Legall, Catherine | |
Sanchez, Olivier | |
Pugh, Nathan A | |
N'gako, Alfred | |
Cornuz, Jacques | |
Hugli, Olivier | |
Beer, Hans-Jürg | |
Perrier, Arnaud | |
Fine, Michael J | |
Yealy, Donald M |
Series
Lancet
ISSN or ISBN (if monograph)
0140-6736
Publisher
Elsevier
Language
English
Publisher DOI
PubMed ID
21703676
Description
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.